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Teachers' And Educational Workers' Union
The Teachers' and Educational Workers' Union (TEWU) is a trade union representing workers in the education sector in Ghana. The union was founded in 1962, in response to the departure of most of the teachers in the Ghana Union of Teachers The Ghana Union of Teachers (GUT) was a trade union representing lower-paid schoolteachers in Ghana. The union was established in 1956, with the merger of the Gold Coast Teachers' Union and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), under the presidenc ... and Union of Teachers and Cultural Services, to form the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT). The GNAT was registered as a voluntary association of all teachers, while those who wished to remain part of a trade union could join the new TEWU, an affiliate of the Ghana Trade Union Congress. It had 40,000 members by 1985, and 60,000 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 ...
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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, ...
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Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and ...
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Ghana Union Of Teachers
The Ghana Union of Teachers (GUT) was a trade union representing lower-paid schoolteachers in Ghana. The union was established in 1956, with the merger of the Gold Coast Teachers' Union and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), under the presidency of Albert Hammond. Originally named the Gold Coast Union of Teachers, it became the "Ghana Union of Teachers" (GUT) in 1957, when Ghana gained independence. It affiliated to the Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC). In 1957, some teachers resigned from the GUT, upset by its secular approach, to form the Federation of Gold Coast Union of Teachers (FGCUT). This was encouraged by some members of the Government of Ghana, who disliked general secretary Victor Christian Aggrey Fynn, as he had recently led a successful strike. A new conference was held in 1958, bringing together FGCUT with the former NUT members, and a newly founded association of university and college workers. This formed the Union of Teachers and Educational Institution Wo ...
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Union Of Teachers And Cultural Services
The Ghana Union of Teachers (GUT) was a trade union representing lower-paid schoolteachers in Ghana. The union was established in 1956, with the merger of the Gold Coast Teachers' Union and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), under the presidency of Albert Hammond. Originally named the Gold Coast Union of Teachers, it became the "Ghana Union of Teachers" (GUT) in 1957, when Ghana gained independence. It affiliated to the Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC). In 1957, some teachers resigned from the GUT, upset by its secular approach, to form the Federation of Gold Coast Union of Teachers (FGCUT). This was encouraged by some members of the Government of Ghana, who disliked general secretary Victor Christian Aggrey Fynn, as he had recently led a successful strike. A new conference was held in 1958, bringing together FGCUT with the former NUT members, and a newly founded association of university and college workers. This formed the Union of Teachers and Educational Institution W ...
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Ghana National Association Of Teachers
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is a trade union representing school and college teachers in Ghana. They promote and protect the rights and interests of the child, as well as place the services of the Association at the disposal of individuals, public bodies and other organizations in pursuit of education. The union was founded on 14 July 1962, on the initiative of teachers, many former members of the Ghana Union of Teachers, who did not want to be linked with the Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC). The Government of Ghana The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary electi ... permitted the formation on the condition that it was registered as a voluntary association, not a trade union. On formation, the union had 24,384 members. The union grew steadily, and by 2012 it ...
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Ghana Trade Union Congress
The Ghana Trades Union Congress is a national centre that unites various workers' organizations in Ghana. The organization was established in 1945. History The GTUC as a central co-ordinating body for 14 union groups in 1945. The unions were registered under the Trade Union Ordinance of 1941. In 1954, the union proposed that the local unions be amalgamated along industrial groupings to make the union strong. The proposal was approved in 1955. The union had 24 member unions in 1958 and was regulated by the Industrial Relations Act 56. The first elections of the GTUC was held in 1966 after Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah (born 21 September 190927 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An in ..., the first president of Ghana was overthrown. The election was conducted to replace the union leaders who were under detention un ...
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Education Trade Unions
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ...
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Trade Unions Established In 1962
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services, i.e. trading things without the use of money. Modern traders generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and letter of credit, paper money, and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade involving more than two traders is called multilateral trade. In one modern view, trade exists due to specialization and the division of labour, a predominant form of economic activity in which individuals and groups concentrate on a small aspect of production, but use their output in trades for other products ...
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