Ho, June 8, GNA – The Volta Regional branch of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) said the exclusion of its members from the 15 percent retention premium under the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) amounted to great injustice.
“Even teachers who are in the various offices just like the non-teaching staff are paid the 15 per cent retention premium why the blatant disregard for TEWU members”.
It has therefore given its national leadership up to June 15, this year, to resolve the issue with government and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission or 93we will advise ourselves”.
This was contained in a press release signed by Mr Anthony Nyalemegbe, Acting Volta Regional Chairman of TEWU, at the end of its Regional Delegates Meeting and circulated to the press in Ho on Wednesday.
It observed that there was also a huge disparity with regard to where a teacher who holds the same qualification with an educational worker was placed.
The release said a Senior Superintendent II who holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) was placed at level 14 high on the Single Spine Salary Scale while an accountant with the same qualification was placed at level 14 low.
It also said teachers who were in headship positions were paid responsibility allowances by putting them above their base levels on their grades but members of TEWU who were also heads of their sections like principal accountants and principal domestic bursars were neglected.
The release said even within TEWU, there were disparities in salary placements.
It said new grades which were introduced to the teaching class were recognized and treated as such but no recognition was given to new grades introduced into the non-teaching grading structure.
It expressed the hope that government would address the issues raised as members of TEWU also invariably contributed immensely towards the growth of education in the country.
