CARL TIEDEMANN STEVEDORING ENTERPRISE BASED UNION & 236 OTHERS V. SAFEBOND COMPANY LIMITED AND 1 OTHER
(2015) JELR 107520 (HC)
High Court
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SUIT No. INDL/13/12
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30 Nov 2015
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Ghana
Coram
Appearances
Albert Adaare ESQ for Plaintiffs
D K Ameley ESQ for Defendants with him Desmond Nii Adamah Sackey ESQ
Judgement
<p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">JUDGMENT </span></strong></p><p> <span style="background-color: transparent">1st Plaintiff is a trade union which holds a bargaining certificate. The other Plaintiffs are members of 1st Plaintiff and employees or former employees of 1st Defendant which is a company. 2nd Defendant is also a registered company. In 2011, 1st Defendant declared redundancy but there appears to be no agreed compensation package for the affected employees. It is also 1st Plaintiff’s contention that 1st Defendant has failed to negotiate any collective bargaining agreement. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Plaintiff is seeking the following reliefs as endorsed on their writ of summons: </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">1. An order directed at the Defendant to negotiate and execute forthwith, a collective agreement with 1st Plaintiff to cover all the other Plaintiffs who are the 1st Plaintiff’s members in the employment of the Defendant. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">2. An order directed at the Defendant to provide in writing to the 1st Plaintiff forthwith, the number and categories of 1st Plaintiff’s members to be affected by the redundancy exercise which the Defen…</span></p>