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[pic]GHANA TRADES UNION CONGRESS

MEDIUM TERM POLICIES

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THE QUADRENNIAL 2008 -2012

[DRAFT]

GHANA TRADES UNION CONGRESS

Contents
PART 1 3
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 3 Challenges at the International Level 3 Challenges at the National Level 4 Challenges at the workplace 8
PART 2 10
GHANA TUC’S PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY 10 Human Development Objectives 12 Democratic Participation in Decision-Making 14
PART 3 17
POLICIES 17 POLICY ON LABOUR RELATIONS AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE 17 POLICY ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING 20 POLICY ON ORGANISATION, INTERNAL DEMOCRACY AND SOLIDARITY 22 POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT 28 POLICY ON INCOMES 30 POLICY ON INFORMAL ECONOMY 32 POLICY ON SOCIAL PROTECTION 35 POLICY ON HOUSING 38 POLICY ON GENDER EQUALITY 40 POLICY ON CHILD LABOUR 42 POLICY ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIROMENT 44 POLICY ON HIV/AIDS 46 POLICY ON ENERGY AND POWER 49 POLICY ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 52 POLICY ON THE YOUTH ………………………………………………………………

PART 1
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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has gone through very difficult challenges since it was established in 1945. Nevertheless, it has maintained its identity and continues to grow stronger.

Currently, Ghana TUC has seventeen affiliates with an estimated membership of over 400,000 spread across all the sectors in the Ghanaian economy. It has its headquarters at the Hall of Trade Unions in Accra and regional secretariats in all the ten administrative regions in Ghana.

As a trade union movement, the Ghana TUC has come quite far in the last sixty-three years. But there is still a long way to go to achieve the mission it has set for itself namely “to unite