A group calling itself the Association of Chauffeurs in Parliament has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Prof.  Mike Aaron Oquaye over their working conditions.

The group contends they are impoverished as their employers[Members of Parliament] without  any written document pay them a monthly salary of GHS400, an amount they consider woefully inadequate.

The drivers have also agitated for some allowances on public holidays and a Collective Bargaining Agreement.

“Right Honourable Speaker, our terms of engagement by our employers (Honourable Members of Parliament has largely been oral. Without any rules of engagement which makes our bosses to use their discretion to pay us meager amount of GH¢ 400.00 as monthly salary.

“Subject to the labour Act 2003, Act 651, section 67, employees remuneration are enshrined in the Act of which we are pleading for increment in salaries which we believe can help us to survive the economy,” the petition read in part.

This comes weeks after the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) raised the daily minimum wage by 10 per cent.

The increment, which is in line with Section 113 (1) (a) of the Labour Act, 2003, (Act 651), brings the new minimum wage to GH¢10.65 up from GH¢9.68, effective January 2019.

This is not the first time the drivers have raised these concerns.

Last year, a host of the drivers went public with their complaints begging for a raise in their salaries of between GH¢200 and GH¢400.