PSWU COMMITTED TO SSSS — SECRETARY (PAGE 3, JUNE 16, 2010)

THE Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) has reaffirmed its support for the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) and advised other public sector workers not to listen to those who are against its implementation.
Addressing a forum of public workers in Wa, the Deputy General Secretary of the PSWU, Mr Richard Ampaabeng, said organised labour and the government were committed to the process to implement the policy, since it was in the interest of all.
According to him, although there were challenges, those challenges were surmountable and appealed to workers not to allow themselves to be deceived by people who saw the SSSS as a threat.
“There is no stalemate, as the SSSS is on course. What is left is for labour and the government to look at the impact on the national economy. Nothing has changed,” he added.
Mr Ampaabeng, who is a member of the Review Committee of the SSSS, was addressing the Upper West Regional branch of the union in Wa.
He reminded the workers that the implementation of the SSSS would resolve all disparities and, therefore, the PSWU would go for it so “we need to reason well and accept this policy”.
He, however, said the recent hullabaloo about the SSSS was about the grading system which fortunately was being resolved by the Review Committee and therefore called on members of the union not to entertain fears.
He was of the belief that starting the SSSS would be difficult but the rough edges would be shaped.
Mr Ampaabeng commended members of the union for their continuous support for the executive of the PSWU and urged them to also disseminate information on the SSSS to other members.
For her part, a national trustee of the union, Madam Fati Tambro, gave an assurance that the leadership of the PSWU would continue to fight for the well-being of its members.