SSNIT Hotels: Organised Labour To Strike Despite Termination Of Proposed Sale

Organized Labour is set to proceed with a nationwide strike today in protest of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust’s (SSNIT) attempt to sell its 60 percent shares in four hotels.

SSNIT terminated the process to sell the Hotels to Rock City Hotel owned by Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong on Friday after Organised Labour threatened to strike on Monday.

The termination process was announced after Rock City Hotel withdrew its bid to purchase the 60 per cent shares of SSNIT in the four Hotels.

Although SSNIT has now terminated the sale process, Organised Labour remains steadfast in its decision to proceed with the strike.

In an interview, Dr. Eliasu Mumuni, National Secretary of UTAG, expressed disappointment, stating that SSNIT disregarded their warnings and concerns, breaching the trust of the labour group.

“When Organised Labour issued an ultimatum, NPRA stepped in and said they were putting on hold the transaction. And so Organized Labour went back quietly and just when we were thinking that sleeping dogs were lying, it popped up that NPRA had given the approvals.

“Again, Monday, July 15, has been set as a day for strike and again, SSNIT is coming out to publicly say they have terminated the transaction.

“But there is that breach of trust and that is why we are saying that because there is that public press statement issued [announcing the termination], we as part of the broader organised labour front should not go and sleep.

“We think that it is time we look into the SSNIT board structure to have the current members relieved of their positions and bring new people on board.”