In November, mortuary employees will go on strike once more.

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has threatened another statewide strike if the government does not meet its demands.

It claims that even if the latest industrial action was suspended, the long-standing complaints with the administration that prompted their strike have not been resolved.

The Association, which speaks for all mortuary workers across the country, says that if nothing changes, its members will put down their tools in November.

Immediate improvements to their working circumstances, such as higher pay, a safer workplace, and the provision of necessary personal protective equipment (PPE), are among the demands the association is making of the government.

Richard Kofi Jordan, the general secretary of MOWAG, tells Accra-based Citi News that despite their repeated calls since 2019, these demands have not been met.

Jordan claims that in an effort to drag out their talks, the government has requested data that, if the government is adamant, won’t be the end of their strike.

He charged that the government was purposefully using strategies to undermine the workers’ fundamental demands.

Over the years, he said, people have had to make sacrifices to labor in such appalling conditions, endangering their health and well-being.

Jordan said that the only way they think the government will pay attention to their demands is if they put down their tools.

“In the middle of the month, we cannot strike. We are therefore preparing for another week. Either the end of this month or the first week of November could be the date; either way, we will inform the public and you will understand.

“As I speak to you, we believe the administration is using the data demands to stall the process. We are giving them the data that they requested. However, that is insufficient for us to declare that we would not go on strike.