The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has stated that it has not yet been officially served with any injunction notice from the court or the National Labour Commission (NLC) regarding its ongoing strike.
This comes after the NLC obtained an interlocutory injunction from the High Court’s Industrial and Labour Division in Accra on June 5, 2025, declaring the strike illegal.
Despite the court ruling, the GRNMA insists that the strike will continue until they formally receive the injunction notice, reaffirming the well-known protest slogan: “Aluta continua” (the struggle continues).
The association initiated the strike to demand the implementation of their 2024 Collective Agreement, which addresses unpaid allowances and delayed staff postings. The industrial action has caused widespread disruptions to healthcare services nationwide.
In an interview with Citi News on Friday, June 6, Joseph Krampah, the Public Relations Officer for GRNMA, emphasized that while the association respects the law and judicial processes, they cannot respond to legal documents that have not been officially delivered.
“They assume they can just serve us a letter; we cannot stop them, but what defines an illegal strike? When has the Labour Commission in Ghana declared this strike legal? A strike becomes illegal only if the proper office was not notified, and we did notify them — there was a formal letter,” Krampah explained.
He added, “If they consider the strike illegal and seek an injunction, that is their responsibility, and we have great respect for both the court and the NLC. We are law-abiding citizens. However, since we have not yet received any official notice, none of our executives have been served with such documents. Until then, aluta continua.”