The National Labor Commission has called on Teachers to return to the classroom after leadership of the three teacher unions failed to meet to resolve the circumstance of the strike.

It said in the exercise of the authority conferred in it by Section 139 (1)(b) of the Labour Act 2003, Act 651, it found the associations’ action in violation of the law and, therefore, the ongoing strike by the unions was illegal.

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A statement signed by the Chairman of the NLC, Mr Andy Kwabena Asamoah, said the commission had, on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, met the representatives of the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ministry of Education and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, but representatives of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT-GH) were absent.

The statement further revealed that the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT-GH) failed to notify the NLC and its employer of the ongoig nationwide strike in contravention of Section 159 of the Labour Act 2003, Act 651.