A crucial meeting involving the National Labour Commission (NLC), Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FSWC) and Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to resolve the week-long strike by doctors on Monday morning has been suspended.
The meeting, a “compulsory arbitration” was at the instance of the NLC to settle the dispute between the FWSC and GMA on the migration of the doctors onto the single spine salary structure.
The meeting became necessary after a stalled negotiation between the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and Ghana Medical Association on the latter’s migration.
At the meeting, the two feuding parties informed the Commission of an earlier consultation held by the FWSC and GMA, which they indicated their optimism of reaching an agreement on the outstanding issue within 48 hours, a press release issued by the NLC’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Afum, said.
They therefore requested the arbiter to suspend the arbitration process to enable them carry on with their negotiations and report back to the NLC on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
Joy FM’s Seth Kwame Boateng who was monitoring the meeting reported that the parties emerged from the meeting with smiles.
They were also seen exchanging pleasantries with the Chief Executive of FWSC, George Smith Graham, and President of the GMA, Dr. Emmanuel Adom-Winful, in a warm hand shake, a gesture that could mean something good may come out of their negotiations soon.
“I saw them happy this morning, so let’s pray and hope that something good or positive will come out today,” Seth Boateng remarked.
Story by Isaac Essel/Ghana/Myjoyonline.com
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