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The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) says it will not call off its ongoing nationwide strike until it is officially served with a court injunction or formal notice from the National Labour Commission (NLC), despite a High Court order restraining them.
The Association’s defiant stance comes in the wake of an interlocutory injunction granted by the Industrial and Labour Division of the High Court in Accra on Thursday, June 5, after the NLC secured an ex parte order declaring the strike illegal.
But speaking to Citi News on Friday, June 6, GRNMA’s Public Relations Officer, Joseph Krampah, insisted that the Association is yet to receive any legal documentation relating to the injunction.
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“We respect the court and the NLC very much. We are law-abiding people. But just that things that we have not seen, we cannot act on them,” Krampah said. “None of the executives have been served any letter about that. So till we know that, aluta continua.”
Krampah emphasised that the GRNMA followed the law when it notified the NLC of its intended industrial action in a formal letter dated May 29, 2025. According to him, the Association met the required legal threshold for declaring a strike.
“When in Ghana has the Labour Commission said that a strike is legal? If you’re declaring it illegal and you’re bringing an injunction, it is your job to serve us,” he added.
Until they are served with the injunction through proper legal channels, the GRNMA says it has no legal basis to halt the strike.
The strike, which began earlier this week, is in protest over delays in implementing the 2024 Collective Agreement. Key issues include unpaid allowances, delayed staff postings, and unresolved accommodation concerns.
The industrial action has thrown the public healthcare system into disarray, with several major hospitals reporting critical staffing shortages and deserted wards.
The High Court, presided over by Justice Priscilla Dikro Ofori, ruled that the strike was illegal and issued a 10-day injunction restraining the GRNMA and all persons connected to it from continuing with the action.
The NLC maintains that the GRNMA violated Section 159 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651), by failing to complete the dispute resolution process before withdrawing services.
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