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Ghana to host International Trade
Union Confederation congress
Accra, Nov. 25, Ghanadot/GNA- The Ghana Trades Union
Congress (GTUC) is to host the founding congress of the
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-AFRICA), an
African Regional Organisation in Accra from November 27 to
29, 2007.
A statement issued by Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, Secretary-General
of the GTUC in Accra on Sunday said the congress would bring
together three hundred trade union leaders from Africa and
guests from the international trade union community to
Accra.
It said the highlight of the congress would be the merger of
the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU-AFRO)
and the Democratic Organisation of African Workers Trade
Union (DOAWTU) into the ITUC-AFRICA.
The congress would be preceded by the dissolution of the
ICFTU-AFRO and the DOAWTU on November 26, 2007 in Accra.
The ICFTU-AFRO is a regional trade union organisation that
was established by national trade union organisations across
Africa in January, 1957 in Accra for the purpose of
championing the cause of African workers by advocating for
improved conditions of labour through the promotion and
defence of the rights of working men and women.
The DOAWTU, which brings together trade unions from various
African countries, was also created on February 26, 1993 in
Porto Novo, Benin, with an agenda to promote and defend the
rights and interest of African workers.
President John Agyekum Kufuor would open the forum.
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