GHANA COCOA CARRIERS GO ON AN INDEFINITE STRIKE

Cocoa Carriers from the various warehouses of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) goes into an indefinite strike to request for better service and working condition, and increase in salary.

Narrating their problems to the management of Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), “There have been a stop in pay rise for about five years without any clarifications from their managers”.

The Nationwide strike took effect on the Wednesday, 5th January, 2022 will hit the transfer of products, after all the cocoa trucks can not be loaded to the ports for exports.

Godwin Ocansey, one of the leaders of the cocoa carriers in Tema, told Joy Business news that, their working and condition situation isn’t good and has worsen their living standards.

Mr. Ocansey explained that, “From 4 to 5 years now, our salaries have not been increased for cocoa carriers. They’ve given us 62 pesewas for almost 4 years per bag until now they’ve not increased it”.

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“There were buses that were picking us from our homes to the warehouses that was the cocoa sheds. They’ve canceled that one too”.

“What the workers are demanding now for right now is either CMC pays them or increase the bag to ¢1. It’s either COCOBOD cancels contracts with contractors and pays the cocoa carriers direct or they increase the pay to ¢1 per bag”.

He further went on to say they (cocoa carriers) are requesting from the management of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), and that the strike is going to continue till they listen to their appeal.