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  Members and leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) remain defiant despite threats of salary freezes by their employers . In an interview on JoyNews, a member of CETAG’s national communications team, Fedilis Kamaayi said they remain resolute in their over six-week strike in demand of better conditions of service.   According to him, CETAG members were aware that freezing salaries was one of the strategies the employers were going to deploy to get them to call off their strike, therefore they were prepared for it. “When the directive was issued, it has even motivated and gingered most of our tutors and they are saying that they should even take the August salary in addition because until all the arbitrary awards are implemented, they can go ahead and continue to freeze the salaries,” he said. Mr Kamaayi added that the members have psyched themselves for what is to happen next. His comments follow the Minister of Education's d

BACKGROUND   Ongoing Dispute Over Teachers' Service Conditions: 2021 Negotiations Unresolved 1. In August, 2021, Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) and Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) started negotiations on Conditions of Service (CoS) to be concluded in November, 2021 and take effect from January 2022. 2. FWSC deliberately delayed the negotiations which led to a strike action by CETAG in December, 2021. 3. On 10th January, 2023, GTEC invited CETAG leadership to a meeting to discuss the issues which led to the strike action.   4. CETAG called off the strike action immediately after the meeting because the government team gave assurance that FWSC shall resume the negotiations and conclude immediately. 5. Sadly, after CETAG called off the strike in January 2022, the FWSC continued to deliberately delay the negotiations which led to another strike action by CETAG in December 2022.  6. On 7th December, 2022, the Hon. Minister of Educat