The National Labor Commission has sued striking polytechnic teachers. The commission's call for the teachers to put an end to the three weeks strike, which it describes as illegal, was turned down. The polytechnic teachers also defied an order to submit to compulsory arbitration. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Edward Biriku-Boadu, is hoping the court processes will succeed in getting the teachers back to the classroom. “The POTAG action is illegal because it does not follow the provisions in Section 159 of the Labour Act,” he said. According to him, the Commission was exercising its power to go to court when its authority is challenged. Mr Biriku-Boadu said POTAG’s public statement that it had lost confidence in the Commission amounted to challenging its authority. The striking teachers meanwhile say they are ready to face the NLC in court. The General Secretary of POTAG, Anthony Ayarkwa told Joy News that if members of POTAG will be dragged to court for demanding an improvement in their conditions of service, then they were prepared to defend their cause in court. “We have not been treated fairly and if the Labour Commission feels it can resort to such an action, then it’s really unfortunate,” he added. Meanwhile a meeting with leaders of POTAG yesterday on the matter did not yield any results. The Education Minister had hoped to use the meeting to address their grievances. Source: Joy News/Ghana