The Deputy Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw Baah, has cautioned members of the union to desist from accusing their leaders of being politically biased anytime they negotiate with the government on issues concerning their welfare.
Partisanship creeping into Union
He said the phenomenon, where the leadership of state institutions were accused of belonging to political parties, was gradually creeping into the union which he described as unhealthy.
He also said whatever leadership said was interpreted to be supporting one political party or another, and added that even families and churches were now divided along political lines.
Dr Baah made these remarks during a meeting with members of the Upper East Regional and District Councils of Labour of the TUC in Bolgatanga recently.
He advised members of the TUC to not join the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party scuffle, referring to them as two monsters but to vote wisely and peacefully come 2016.
He said Ghanaians must go into the 2016 elections with a mindset of the economy not doing well against the backdrop of the youth, graduate unemployment and the rising cost of living.
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Dr Baah said the union was able to bargain for GHC8 as minimum wage for 2016 while Single Spine had been increased to 10 per cent of 2015 basic salary.
On the first tier pension scheme, he said they were still negotiating with the government to withdraw a pending court case pertaining to the management of that scheme.
He said the TUC had met with the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission to deliberate on the proposed tariff increases and maintained that the increases were high which the average Ghanaian worker could not afford.
He added that even though the Ghanaian economy was weak,it had not collapsed and the TUC would support the government to bring it back on track.
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