By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
Executives and members of the Ghana Air Traffic Safety Electronics Association (GhATSEA) have given management of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) a 3-day ultimatum to address long-standing issues affecting their well-being.
According to them, they will have no option but to embark on an industrial action if GCAA management fails to address their concerns fully by 15th January 2026.
The 3-day ultimatum was contained in a statement issued and signed by GhATSEA President, Engr. David Annan Mensah.
According to the group, their decision has become necessary due to a persistent failure to resolve long-standing concerns, despite repeated engagements on the matters with their employer.
It explained that, notwithstanding their consistent cooperation and demonstrated willingness to negotiate in good faith, the processes of dialogue, mediation, and arbitration have failed to produce any meaningful or satisfactory outcomes.
“In 2016, our Association, through our lawyer, Samson Lardy Anyenini, referred a dispute with GCAA management to the National Labour Commission (NLC). At that time, management, led by the Director of Human Resources, Mr. Ebenezer Sagoe, firmly described us as non-essential workers, a position they relied on to justify their actions and arguments before the Commission.
Today, however, the same GCAA management is once again dragging us before the National Labour Commission, this time asserting that we are essential workers to support their current position in the ongoing dispute.
This raises a fundamental and troubling question: when did we suddenly become essential workers?
The inconsistent positions taken by GCAA management, labelling us non-essential in 2016 and essential today, clearly expose a double standard driven by convenience rather than principle, law, or consistency. Such contradictory postures undermine good faith labour relations and call into question the credibility of management’s claims before the Commission,” portions of the statement read.
