Ghana’s nurses and midwives say they may proceed their strike regardless of a courtroom injunction, claiming they have not been formally served with any authorized paperwork to cease their industrial motion.
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Affiliation (GRNMA) has said that it has not obtained any injunction discover from the courtroom or the Nationwide Labour Fee (NLC) regarding its ongoing strike.
This follows the NLC securing an interlocutory injunction in opposition to the affiliation’s strike after declaring the motion unlawful. The injunction was granted by the Excessive Court docket’s Industrial and Labour Division in Accra on June 5, 2025.
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Regardless of the courtroom order, GRNMA insists that till they formally obtain the injunction discover, the strike will proceed. The affiliation is sticking to the favored wrestle motto “Aluta continua” – that means “the wrestle continues”.
The GRNMA started the strike to protest delays in implementing their 2024 Collective Settlement, which incorporates unpaid allowances and delayed postings. The economic motion has led to vital disruptions in healthcare supply throughout the nation.
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GRNMA’s Response
Talking in an interview with Citi Information on Friday June 6, 2025, Public Relations Officer of the GRNMA, Joseph Krampah, defined that whereas the affiliation respects the regulation and the courts, they can’t act on any authorized paperwork they haven’t been served. Krampah stated:
They suppose that they need to serve us a letter; we won’t stop them, however what constitutes an unlawful strike? When in Ghana has the Labour Fee stated that this strike is authorized? It’s only unlawful once they do not inform your workplace concerning the meant strike, and we did—you had the letter.
He added:
If you’re declaring it as unlawful or no matter and you might be bringing injunction, that’s your job to do, and we respect the courtroom and the NLC very a lot. We’re law-abiding individuals. However simply that issues that we have now not seen, we can’t act on them. I’m saying that we have not obtained any letter. Not one of the executives have been served any letter about that. So, until we all know that, aluta continua.
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Present State of affairs
The standoff continues as healthcare services stay disrupted throughout Ghana. The GRNMA maintains that correct authorized procedures should be adopted, together with the formal serving of courtroom paperwork, earlier than they may think about ending their industrial motion.
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The strike has prompted vital issues for sufferers and healthcare facilities nationwide, with many routine providers suspended or lowered whereas the dispute continues.
