NAGRAT threatens strike if not migrated unto SSSS by December ending

The Eastern Regional branch of the  Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has  threatened to withdraw their services if they are not migrated unto the  Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) by the end of December this  year.

In a statement signed by the Regional Chairman of the Association,  Mr Kwaku Djan Asante on Thursday at Koforidua, the Association  expressed dissatisfaction with the pace at which the Fair Wages and  Salary Commission (FWSC) had been working to migrate NAGRAT  members unto the SSSS.

He said their major worry with the implementation was that, if the  migration took place in its current structure, 80 per cent of teachers,  from pupil-teacher to the principal superintendent grade, would not  see any increase in salary.

Mr Asante said in July 2010, some public sector workers were  migrated unto the SSSS with appreciable levels of increases amidst  praises for government, which lend credence to the impression that  the Single Spine Pay Policy would lead to enhancement of salaries for  public servants.

He explained that, per the road map, teachers and educational  workers of the Ghana Education Service (GES), were to be migrated  in December 2010 and the date was agreed upon by the joint  negotiating team made up of the Ghana National Association of  Teachers (GNAT) and FWSC as a result of some concerns raised by  the two teacher-unions.

He said since that meeting nothing had been done by FWSC to  ensure that teachers were migrated unto the new pay policy.

Mr Asante said if members of NAGRAT were not migrated unto  the SSSS by the end of December 2010, their services would not be  available to students when schools re-open in January 2011.

Source: GNA