<p>KUSI-APPIAH</p><p>This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Accra dated 5 July, 2004, where the trial court dismissed the plaintiffs claims.</p><p>On 7 March, 2001, the plaintiffs, numbering 50, who were ex-employees of the defendant company issued a writ of summons (suit No. C 235/2001) against the defendant, Electricity Company of Ghana, claiming the following reliefs:-</p><p>“(1) Severance award being entitlements due and owing to plaintiffs by virtue of their Collective Agreement with the defendants.</p><p>(2) General damages for breach of contract.</p><p>(3) Interest on the severance awards.”</p><p>On two separate occasions in 1989 and 1991, the defendant/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the defendant), a Limited Liability Company registered under the laws of Ghana to sell and distribute electricity throughout Ghana, embarked on a restructure or staff reduction exercise which resulted in over 900 staff including the plaintiffs /appellants (hereinafter called the plaintiffs) being laid off or losing the…</p>