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Public Utility Workers' Union
The Public Utilities Workers' Union (PUWU) is a trade union representing utility workers in Ghana. The union's origins lie in the Gold Coast Public Utility and Allied Government Industrial Union, which represented junior staff in the Public Works Department, working in the water and electric sectors. In the early 1960s, it merged with the Government Clerical and Technical Employees Union, which renamed itself as the Public Services Workers' Union. However, in 1967, the public utility workers split away to form their own union, PUWU. The new union affiliated to the Ghana Trades Union Congress, and by 1985, it had 20,000 members, falling to 10,288 in 2018.{{cite web , title=Labour Market Profile 2020: Ghana , url=https://www.ulandssekretariatet.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ghana_lmp_2020.pdf , website=Danish Trade Union Development Agency , access-date=8 July 2021 Most of its members work for the Ghana Water Company, the Electricity Company of Ghana Power Distribution Services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
