Tag: Cocoa carriers strike
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Cocoa carriers demanding better wage suspend strike
Cocoa carriers have suspended their sit-down strike after a week of agitation to demand an increment in their wages and better conditions of service. Cocoa carriers at Tema, Takoradi, and Kumasi abandoned duties and insisted the 62 pesewas they receive per bag they carry should be increased to GH¢1. Although the Cocoa Marketing Company Limited…
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Striking cocoa carriers reject proposed 82 pesewas-per-bag wage
Cocoa carriers in the Ashanti Region say they will resist any amount less than GH¢1 as wage per bag load for the cocoa beans they carry. The Cocoa Marketing Company Limited, in a letter sighted by Citi News, has agreed to pay the carriers 82 pesewas per bag of cocoa beans they carry instead of…