The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has reiterated its opposition to any attempt by the Government to privatise the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The TUC in its comment on the 2025 Budget Statement and Economic Policies of the Government recalled that in 2017, in their submission to the then Akufo-Addo Government in response to […]
The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC-Ghana) has expressed concern over government plans to privatise the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). In a statement from PUWU, the Minister of Energy has formed a committee to advance the privatisation process. “We would like to assure our members of our resolve to […]
The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to constitute an independent non-partisan committee to investigate the alleged misconduct of some outgone members of the Board of Directors of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). At a media conference held at the TUC Head […]
Organised labour has suspended their planned October 10 strike over the illegal mining menace. This was announced by the Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Joshua Ansah on Wednesday. Speaking in Accra, the Congress indicated that the decision followed a meeting with the government, during which the administration offered enhanced measures to strengthen […]
Government has expressed surprise at the decision of Organised Labour to go ahead with an industrial action on October 10, 2024, in protest of the ongoing illegal mining (galamsey) activities in the country. This comes after a high-level meeting between President Akufo-Addo and Organised Labour on October 3, 2024, at the Jubilee House, where key […]
The Deputy Secretary-General of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Kenneth Koomson, has announced that the government has agreed to revoke Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which permits mining in forest reserves. According to him, in an engagement on Thursday, October 3, the government responded to Organised Labour’s demands, which included declaring a state of emergency, revoking […]
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has declared an indefinite strike action following the National Pensions Regulatory Authority’s (NPRA) approval giving clearance to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), to proceed with its controversial plan to offload a 60% stake in four hotels to Bryan Acheampong’s Rock City Hotel. According to the TUC Secretary […]
The Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asserted his strong commitment to fighting corruption, describing it as a canker impeding the nation’s development. At a meeting with the leadership and members of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Accra on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, Dr. Bawumia stated that corruption […]
Participants in a stakeholders conference on the Emoluments and Privileges of Article 71 Office Holders have called for an end to the “class system” that the concept has created in the country. The proponents, drawn from state and non-state institutions and groups such as the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured organised labour of the government’s commitment to protect incomes and pensions of workers. “During last year’s celebrations at the Independence Square, I assured you of the government’s commitment to protect jobs, incomes and pensions of workers. “Not only did the government demonstrate it in the course of the […]
The National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) has been increased from GH¢13.53 to GH¢14.88. The National Tripartite Committee (NTC), made up of the government, organised labour and employers, agreed on the new wage below which no one should be paid. The new NDMW, which takes effect from January 1, next year, is a 10 per cent […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on all labour unions and civil society at large to be measured in their demands on the government. In the same vein, he has asked the government to ensure equity in its dealings with the labour unions to give assurance to the citizenry. Speaking at a special […]
