Ghana's judicial staff suspend their indefinite strike — courts reopen on Tuesday 10 November
Ghana's two judicial staff unions, JUSAG and SSAJUG, have suspended their indefinite strike with effect from Tuesday 10 November, after receiving official correspondence from the Office of the President on the review of their salaries and allowances and meeting Judicial Service management led by the Chief Justice. The Judicial Service says staff are to resume duties with immediate effect and courts will sit normally on Tuesday. The strike, which began on 2 November over the approval and implementation of revised conditions of service, had disrupted courts across the country. The suspension holds while the government's commitments are finalised.
Key points
- JUSAG and SSAJUG have suspended the strike from Tuesday 10 November, after presidential correspondence on their pay review.
- The Judicial Service says staff resume with immediate effect and courts sit normally on Tuesday.
- The strike began on 2 November over whether the approved conditions of service fully reflect CI 141.
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- The suspension holds while the government's commitments are finalised — the dispute is paused, not formally closed.
What happened
The unions represent the non-judicial staff who keep Ghana's courts running — registrars, clerks, interpreters, bailiffs and administrative staff — so a strike by them stops sittings even though judges remain at work.
What we know / what we don't know yet
What we know
- That both unions have suspended the strike from 10 November, on their own statement, and that the Judicial Service has told staff to resume and courts to sit on Tuesday.
What we don't know yet
- The full text of the government's revised approval and the timetable for finalising the commitments — neither was published in the reporting read.
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Why this label: The suspension, its date and its terms are the unions' own statement, reported by Joy Online; the Judicial Service's own statement of the same date, reported by The Herald Ghana and MyNewsGh, confirms the agreement and the return to work.
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Why this label: The resumption instruction, the Tuesday sittings and the apology are the Judicial Service's own statement, reported by The Herald Ghana and MyNewsGh.
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Why this label: The strike's start date and its CI 141 basis are the unions' own stated grounds, reported across the strike coverage; the disruption is stated in the Judicial Service's own apology.
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Why it matters
For a week, cases across Ghana stalled. The suspension reopens the courts on Tuesday, on the strength of commitments the unions say largely meet their case — whether those commitments are delivered in full is the test that remains.
Background
JUSAG and SSAJUG begin an indefinite strike over the approval and implementation of revised conditions of service.
After meetings with Judicial Service management led by the Chief Justice and correspondence from the Office of the President, the unions suspend the strike from 10 November.
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Published — the unions' suspension and the Judicial Service's return-to-work statement are both on the record.