Mortuary workers in Ghana have embarked on an indefinite industrial action over poor working conditions, and the General Secretary of the workers union has appealed to Ghanaians not to die until the strike is over.

Richard Kofi Jordan told Ghanaians, who wish to die, to wait until they resume work after their strike action.

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“Those who intend to die during that period should wait when mortuary men are back to work they die. Simple”, he said.

He warned that their planned strike action will go on as planned unless government heeds to their concerns.

Morticians in public health facilities, are up in arms with the government over their poor working conditions and are therefore demanding improved services including the salaries they say is nothing good to write home about.

According to the aggrieved morticians, they are exposed to several diseases in view of the dead bodies and chemicals they come into contact with but each time they raise concerns, the government appears to be dragging its feet.

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