A total of 130 workers of the Ghana Textile Printing (GTP) Company, leading producer of quality wax prints in the country, have been sacked.
The company, located at the Heavy Industrial Area in Tema, reportedly planned to send home 250 workers but later decided to sack 139 workers of the Wax Department of the company.
Their dismissal would take effect from the first week of December 2016.
The management of GTP communicated its decision to the affected workers on Wednesday in letters.
Some workers were said to have wept uncontrollably when their dismissal letters were given to them at the factory.
The affected workers could not fathom why they should be sacked to join many jobless people in the country at the time when Christmas was approaching.
Seth Mawuenyagah, Union Chairman of the workers, in an interview with DAILY GUIDE, explained that management decided to automate the Wax Department of the company which previously operated under a system called “Blocking” so as to adhere to international standards.
According to him, textile companies in the world were moving from manual blocking to roller printing in order to cut cost and production processes.
“All over the world no company is blocking again and management deemed it necessary to invest in automation. As we speak, we have five roller printing machines which will do the same work that manual has been doing.
“As a result of the automation, all the staff at the Wax Department have to go because we also want to be part of the latest technological development,” he said.
He noted that management would provide redundancy packages for all those who have been dismissed.
However, some affected workers, who spoke to the paper on condition of anonymity, noted that their dismissal had nothing to do with automation but the high cost of production.
Management has been complaining about unfair competition, high cost of doing business and excessive taxes or some time, they stated.
Sources at the factory at Heavy Industrial Area in Tema told BUSINESS GUIDE that the workers were sacked because of the inability of the company to sell its products on the Ghanaian market.
The source explained that the influx of cheap wax prints on the Ghanaian market had negatively affected the operations of the company.
Source: Daily Guide
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indeed u have askd a GREAT QUESTION. I wont b amazed if they r for NDC they r jx autopilot and dnt evn know wat dey need in life and the generation to come. hmmmmmm very doleful
It is only gullible, corrupt die hard, Chicken brains benefactors of this incompetence gov't at will think of given them another 4 years of MORE HARDSHIP from John mahama and his NDC Nation Destroyers Congress Party. Ghanaians please let us REJECT this friends, family members, and Cronies NDC gov't . John Mahama must TWASO the Job loses, must twaso the corruption, must TWASO with create, loot and Share of our resources . TWASO INCOMPETENT JM.
just vote out this incompetent govt and all other things shall be given unto us. is this the best way to handle the issue even if what the company said is true? there are already thousands of ple jobless and this ple are going to add to it. many govt are working hard to create jobs for their ple but for this incompetent govt its the opposite, take the jobs from the ple and make them hungry. well we need change and change has come.
They belong to Ghana but the hardship should make them think twice before they vote.
My simple question is "which political party do these people belong to"?