TUC, GMWU set to demonstrate on May 9 over Sunon Asogli staff unionisation

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) in solidarity with the Ghana Mine Workers’ Union (GMWU), is set to embark on a massive demonstration on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, for what they describe as an abuse of workers’ rights by a Chinese firm, Sunon Asogli Power Ghana.

This follows the expiry of an ultimatum given by the unions for the company to reinstate the workers whose contracts were allegedly terminated on the basis that they joined the Ghana Mine Workers’ Union.

During the 2023 National May Day Parade, Secretary General of the TUC Dr Yaw Baah indicated that his outfit has already notified the Police in Tema about its intention to embark on the first solidarity action against the Chinese company.

“All union members in Tema and Accra should get ready for action on the 9th of May, 2023,” he said.

Dr Baah added, “We will let them know that they cannot come from China to tell us what to do in our own country.”

He, however, appealed to President Akufo-Addo to intervene to avert any possible disturbances on the labour front.

Meanwhile, the General Secretary of the Ghana Mineworkers Union, Abdul-Moomin Gbana, said co-founder of Sunon Asogli Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of Asogli, recently indicated to the union his preparedness to engage the company with the intention of finding a more lasting solution to the matter.

According to Mr Gbana, the expectation is that Togbe Afede XIV, based on the conversations that took place between both of them, will revert latest Monday, May 8, for an amicable solution to avert the planned demonstration.

“Barring that arrangement we have with Togbe Afede, we believe that Tuesday, May 9, 2023, we are proceeding with our actions,” he noted

Source: Classfmonline.com