Movenpick hotel staff protest unfair and racist treatment from management.

Some workers of the Mövenpick Ambassadors hotel in Accra have accused the management of unfair and racist treatment of Ghanaian workers.

The workers refused to undertake their daily routine were seen protesting at the reception of the hotel accusing the hotel management of being racist.

The workers also accused the management of the hotel of protecting expatriate workers at the expense of Ghanaians working for the hotel.

One aggrieved staff who spoke to Citi News accused the hotel authorities of shielding an expatriate employee who was caught to have stolen some gold bars, whereas some other local employees have been dismissed in the past for stealing food items.

In an interview with Citi News, a spokesperson of the aggrieved workers, David Owusu bemoaned the unfair conditions of service staff of the company also face.

According to him, local employees of the company have in the past been dismissed for taking items such as milo without permission.

“If I should brief, the whole thing is about equal right…. we are just fighting for our equal right. We are in the house and most at times when staff takes something from here whether milo or one lipton, you will be sacked, sometimes you will be taken to the the police station and this is the situation that a manager who is a white has stolen gold bar from the hotel and now they are trying to cover it and that is what we are fighting for, that the lady should be sacked.” he said.

The staff, numbering about 100, were seen drumming and singing of war songs insisting they will not return to their post until the expatriate worker who stole a gold bar from the company is dismissed.

Some stranded guests at the hotel were seen to be distraught as others were reported to have left the hotel.