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Workers of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) feared that they would be laid off as the plant has been idle for about seven months due to the unavailability of crude oil.
They indicated that even though the refinery had undergone routine maintenance, workers were still waiting for the government to provide it with crude oil to refine.Union leaders of the Refinery made this known during a general meeting of the Tema District Council of Labour.
They indicated that according to their management, the about 800 workers of TOR were being paid with overdraft, a situation they feared would end-up in their layoff just as it happened in the banking sector.
According to them, the Social Security and National Insurance (SSNIT) contributions of workers had not been paid for months.They questioned the assertion of successive governments that TOR was making loses and therefore it must be shut down, noting that ironically, politicians day in and day out were employing more protocol based workers at the Refinery.
The enraged Union leaders said there was currently a culture of silence at the Refinery as anybody who complained was victimized giving politicians the opportunity to misinform the citizenry and turn the public against TOR.
They said it was not true that TOR was making loses, as according to them, it was in the interest of the politicians to ensure that the tanks at the Refinery were empty so as to store fuel from the Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) which mostly belonged to them or people who financially supported their political campaigns.
