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The Presidency would today hold a crunch meeting with the Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association, (GHOPSA) over the pharmacists intended nationwide strike scheduled to begin on February 22. This would be followed by a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday. Speaking to Citi News the president of GHOPSA Stephen Corquaye indicated that there have been new developments after the Association issued a threat. According to him, a representative from the NLC invited the group and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for a meeting on Wednesday after a meeting with the Chief of Staff. �So the outcome of these two meetings would inform our next line of action� he said. He explained that the conversion difference, the market premium and the migration to the single spine salary structure has affected them tremendously. �Our migration to the spine has been a disaster, making us worse off than what we were receiving before we were migrated� he lamented. �It has also affected our SSNIT contribution tremendously� he added. The pharmacists have so far embarked on three industrial actions on the same issue of market premium and grading structure.