GHANA MINEWORKERS' UNION vs. SUNON ASOGLI POWER (GHANA) LIMITED [2022]DLNLC15027

Date	2022-12-20
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2022]DLNLC15027

DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK

[2022]DLNLC15027
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA MINEWORKERS' UNION<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SUNON ASOGLI POWER (GHANA) LIMITED<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

Our Ref:
NLC/C-65/2022/93&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
20TH DECEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>DIRECTOR,
ADMIN/HR:<o:p></o:p>DR. BERNICE
A. WELBECK<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>On
Wednesday, 23rd November, 2022,
the parties appeared before
the National Labour Commission in the above-mentioned dispute.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Complainant Union was represented by the General
Secretary; the Respondent was represented by the Human Resource Manager and led by Counsel.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%">Complainant Union<o:p></o:p></h2>&nbsp;The Complainant reported that pursuant to the Commission's
Directive of 7th
September, 2022, the Union drafted the Settlement Agreement which was submitted
to the Respondent for consideration and signature; however, the Respondent
declined to sign the Agreement.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">Respondent<o:p></o:p></h2>&nbsp;Counsel for Respondent stated the Respondent cannot sign
because it wants to have the list of
its staff members who were members of the Union and without that they cannot
proceed with any engagement.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">Commission<o:p></o:p></h2>&nbsp;The Commission recalled the parties appearance on 7th
September, 2022 at which they both confirmed settlement as a result of which
the Commission directed parties to file the terms of settlement for adoption by the Commission.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Commission observed
that the parties
have failed to settle.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">Ruling<o:p></o:p></h2>On 27th April, 2022 the Commission differently
constituted directed that the Respondent should recognize the Collective
Bargaining Certificate (CBC) and also directed that the parties should
constitute the Standing Negotiating Committee (SNC) to resolve any disagreement
they have failing which they must report to the Commission. They were further directed
to file a report on the outcome of their engagement by
1ST June, 2022.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On 24TH August 2022, parties appeared and the
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