NATIONAL UNION OF TEAMSTERS AND GENERAL WORKERS (NUTEG) vs. GAME DISCOUNT WORLD (GHANA) [2022]DLNLC15037

NATIONAL UNION OF TEAMSTERS AND GENERAL WORKERS (NUTEG) vs. GAME DISCOUNT WORLD... [2022]DLNLC15037

Date	2022-12-14
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2022]DLNLC15037

DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK

[2022]DLNLC15037
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NATIONAL
UNION OF TEAMSTERS AND GENERAL WORKERS (NUTEG)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GAME
DISCOUNT WORLD (GHANA)<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;">

Our Ref: NLC/C-300/2022/09&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;&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;14TH
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;">

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</div>Brief facts of the case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On 17th
September, 2022, the National Union of Teamsters and General Workers (NUTEG),
Complainant Union, filed a complaint at the National Labour Commission against
Game Discount World Ghana, Respondent, over "Deadlock of Salary &amp;
Severance Negotiation."<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Complainant Union wrote that on 23rd May, 2022, it
served the Respondent with a formal
notice to review the Collective Agreement (CA) and salaries
of its workers but before the negotiation could begin, the respondent
informed the Complainant Union in a letter dated 28th June,
2022 that the company has been sold and plans are far advanced to conclude the
purchase agreement.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;A complaint as a result was made to the National Labour Commission.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Commission in consideration of the urgent
nature of the matter, invited
the parties to a hearing of
the matter on 5th October, 2022 and subsequently held three (3)
hearings in the matter.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The final hearing in the matter was on 2nd November, 2022.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.5pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%">COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p></h2>&nbsp;Game Discount World
(Ghana) is a subsidiary of Massmart Group, a Multinational Company with its head-office in South Africa and started operating in Ghana in 2007. The Union served a formal
notice on the Employer in May 2022 for a review of the Collective Agreement and
Salaries for its Members. The Company agreed for the review of the Collective
Agreement and to undertake negotiations. The Employer subsequently sent a
letter to the Union advising it that the Company has been sold and as a result,
the planned review of the existing Collective Agreement has been terminated.
The Union protested against the decision to terminate the Collective Agreement
and persuaded the Employer to review
the salaries and severance pay.<o:p></o:p>