GCAA rejects allegations of unfair labour practices against staff

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has rejected allegations that its director-general used unfair labour practices, victimisation, coercion and intimidation against staff.

The dispute followed accusations from the Ghana Air Traffic Safety Electronics Association, whose president, David Annan Mensah, alleged that GCAA management had refused to negotiate in good faith and had relied on intimidation over workplace concerns. Mensah also appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene and investigate.

GCAA said the National Labour Commission, after hearing both sides on January 14, 2026, ruled that a strike called by the association was illegal. The authority said the association lacked the legal capacity to call it, had issued defective notice and was barred from taking the action under L.I. 1833.

The authority also defended the presence of National Security personnel at its installations. It said GhATSEA had instructed members not to attend to faults or touch communication, navigation and surveillance equipment at facilities in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Sunyani. GCAA said those instructions posed potential risks to passengers and flight operations.

The association said Mensah had been placed on interdiction since March 3, 2026, over alleged threats of industrial action and described the measure as unjust and disproportionate. It also alleged that National Security personnel accompanied the director-general to the workplace at about 11:30 p.m. to intimidate staff. GCAA rejected that account, saying the personnel were protecting critical aviation infrastructure and helping management foil what it called “an attempted sabotage by the GhATSEA president” between 11:30 p.m. on January 14 and 4:30 a.m. on January 15.

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an attempted sabotage by the GhATSEA president