TUC BOSS SPEAKS

TUC Secretary-General, Kofi Asamoah

Comrade Kofi Asamoah, the Secretary- General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) will lead a discussion on “The Impact of the 1966 Coup on Trade Unionism” at the Hall of Trade Unions on Thursday, 17th February, 2016.

The discussion organized jointly by the TUC and the Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) is part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

 It is scheduled to start at 4:00 pm and workers, trade unionists, youth and student groups and political activists have been invited to participate in it.

 The TUC was an integral part of the CPP before the 1966 coup.

 Following the Coup, an attempt was made to dismantle the “check-off” system under which enterprises paid the dues of unionized workers directly to Trade Unions.

 The Industrial Relations Act of 1965 has also been seriously amended since the coup.

 Other activities planned to mark the anniversary include a grand symposium at the Accra International Conference Centre.

It will be addressed by Dr Yao Graham of the Third World Network and Professor Raymond Osei of the University of Cape Coast.

This event will be preceded by seminars on the youth and students, arts and culture and the gender movement.

The events are jointly sponsored by the SFG and CPP.