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Unions like the Gold and Silver Smith's Association, the Colony and Ashanti Motor Union, and the Carpenters and Masons Union were all founded in the 1920s. [3] The colonial government reacted by outlawing strikes. [2] In 1941, the Trade Union Ordinance of 1941 was enacted, legalizing the formation of trade unions in the colony.
The GTUC as a central co-ordinating body for 14 union groups in 1945. [2] The unions were registered under the Trade Union Ordinance of 1941. In 1954, the union proposed that the local unions be amalgamated along industrial groupings to make the union strong.
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) is a national trade union centre in Ghana.The origins of the GFL can be traced to the departure of a group of workers from the TUC-affiliated Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union who then founded the Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) in 1993. [2]
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The union was founded in 1956, and affiliated to the Ghana Trade Union Congress. It absorbed the General Municipal Workers' Union in 1960. By 1977, its membership had grown to 36,000, but it fell due to structural adjustment policies, and by 1985 was down to 13,000. [1] [2] By 2018, its membership was about 10,000, and it was competing for ...
The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union (GTPCWU) is a trade union representing workers in various industries in Ghana. The union was founded in 1967 in Accra, to represent workers in the formal section of road transport, in air transport, and in the chemical and petroleum sectors. [1]
A further group left in 2003, founding the Union of Industry, Commerce and Finance (UNICOF). [3] The TUC accepted UNICOF as a new member, leading the ICU to resign from the TUC, in protest. [5] This led to a long-running dispute over its offices in the Hall of Trade Unions in Accra. [6] As of 2020, the union claims to have about 100,000 members.
The General Agricultural Workers' Union (GAWU) is a trade union representing workers in the agriculture sector in Ghana.. The union was founded on 5 February 1959, with the merger of the Agricultural Division Workers' Union, the Animal Health Workers’ Union, the Forestry Division Employees' Union and the Produce Inspection Employees' Union.