Global fight for workers’ rights continues at Crown Holdings5 February, 2015IndustriALL Global Union stands firm with Crown workers all over the world fighting for their rights against the unscrupulous US-based multinational packaging producer.
Social dialogue key to better industrial relations in Ghana 12 July, 2019To get the most out of social dialogue, stakeholders must engage and one of the ways to do so is to have effective forums in which labour, employers and government effectively participate.
Unions optimistic as AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana resumes operations20 February, 2020Following a period of uncertainty, when the Obuasi mine was put on limited operations, and then on care and maintenance in 2016, the mine is up and running again.
Up skilling youth in Ghanaian trade unions 12 July, 2023Are young workers in unions using digital technologies effectively for organizing and improving their involvement in occupational health and safety at the workplace? A project evaluation meeting in Accra on 3-6 June learned what is happening in the unions.
Ghana must ratify mine safety convention5 December, 2012The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) called for the ratification of the ILO Convention 176 on safety and health in mines, claiming the government is “mortgaging the health and safety of the mineworkers”.
Ghana8 October, 2015IndustriALL and trade union leaders from affiliates in Ghana hand over a petition to Haruna Iddrisu, Ghana's Minister of Labour, at a press conference to #STOPrecariousWork
Union calls for ratification of ILO Convention 176 after explosion kills 13 and destroys Ghana village28 January, 2022A truck carrying mining explosives from Tarkwa to Chirano Gold Mines was involved in a road accident on 20 January. The impact of the crash led to an explosion that killed 13 people and injured over 50 others in the mining community of Appiatse.
IndustriALL condemns Ghana Gold Fields retrenchments19 April, 2018During a recent mission to Ghana, IndustriALL Global Union called for dialogue with Ghana Gold Fields to reverse the decision to retrench 2,150 workers at Tarkwa mine and give notice to a further 340 workers at Damang Mine.
