Workers of the Metro Mass Transit Limited have started a sit-down strike over two months’ unpaid salaries.
They have also blamed their action on years of incompetent administration by the organisation’s management.
Secretary to the Senior Staff Union, Anthony Appiah, who spoke on behalf of the workers, said the company’s executives have not contributed to its growth for the past five years.
“Everything of ours is not working. If you have been given room for five years as executives, and for the first time in the history of this company, there are three managing directors, and we are not seeing anything from them in terms of growth, workers’ welfare and service to the nation, we have to embark on a sit-down strike,” he justified.
Both senior and junior workers at the various Metro Mass terminals across the country have laid down their tools in protest of their poor conditions of service.
Drivers, particularly at the Kumasi main terminal, have refused to work as all vehicles have been parked, leaving commuters stranded.
Management members at the terminal have also laid down their tools, saying the failure to resolve their concerns amid the country’s economic woes has made life unbearable for them.
“For about three months now, about 90 per cent of workers have not been paid, and they haven’t given us any tangible reason. It’s pathetic,” one of the management members spoke to the media on condition of anonymity.
The group has therefore called for the immediate removal of the management team.