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By the time Ghana became independent in 1957 - leading the Gold Coast Trades Union Congress to become the Trades Union Congress of Ghana - there were splinter labor groups in all regions of the country. Many were much more militant than the TUC and violent demonstrations and strikes were no rarity in Ghana.
The Ghana Trades Union Congress is a national centre that unites ... The unions were registered under the Trade Union Ordinance of 1941. ... Gold Coast National Union ...
The union was established in 1956, with the merger of the Gold Coast Teachers' Union and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), under the presidency of Albert Hammond. Originally named the Gold Coast Union of Teachers, it became the "Ghana Union of Teachers" (GUT) in 1957, when Ghana gained independence. It affiliated to the Ghana Trade Union ...
They formed the Gold Coast Employees' Union, and in November 1947 the union organised a successful strike for improved working conditions. [1] In 1957, the Ghana became independent, and the union renamed itself as the "Ghana Mine Workers' Union", in recognition of the country's new name, and the main industry in which it represented workers. [1]
The Public Utilities Workers' Union (PUWU) is a trade union representing utility workers in Ghana. The union's origins lie in the Gold Coast Public Utility and Allied Government Industrial Union, which represented junior staff in the Public Works Department, working in the water and electric sectors.
The Railway Association was founded in 1926 in Sekondi, partly inspired by British railway trade unions, but specifically to protest against the refusal to employ technical staff on the same conditions as clerical staff. It launched major strikes in 1931 and 1939. In 1938, it was renamed as the Gold Coast Railway African Workers' Union. The ...
Gold Coast Euro-Africans were a historical demographic based in coastal urban settlements in colonial Ghana, that arose from unions between European men and African women from the late 15th century – the decade between 1471 and 1482, until the mid-20th century, circa 1957, when Ghana attained its independence.
Ghana-Guinea Union, November 1958 This was to mark the start of the actual process of unification by setting up a nucleus union which other states could join as and when they wished. The CPP and the PDG (Parti Democratique de Guinee) shared the same Pan-African objectives, and followed a similar path of social and economic development.