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Mr Morgan Ayawine, the General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union, has called for stakeholders collaboration to urgently address labour-related concerns to forestall unnecessary industrial actions at the workplace.
He said, “Productivity suffers when there is no peace and harmony within the arena of labour relations.” Mr Ayawine made the call in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency during the Union’s regional conferences in six regions of the country.
The conferences were held in the Ashanti, Bono, Western, Central, Eastern and Volta Regions and are part of preparation towards ICU-Ghana’s 12th Quadrennial Delegate Conference in August, 2025. Mr Ayawine, who addressed the Ashanti and Bono Regional Conferences, urged the delegates to actively participate in all the deliberations and decisions of the conference.
That, he stated, would ensure that they collectively and rightly took decisions to reflect the aims and objectives of the national Union to continue as the preferred trade union organisation in Ghana and the best in Africa.
“The forthcoming 12th Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference of our Union gives us a great opportunity to talk to the government on socio-economic issues that are not helping the cause of workers and policies that are inimical to the interest and livelihood of workers,” he said.
Mr Ayawine assured the delegates ahead of the 12th quadrennial of the leadership’s determination through selfless devotion to work and ensuring a harmonious worker-management relationship to move the Union to greater heights.
He reiterated the need for equal partnership on the side of the union and management for effective collaboration since capital and labour were on an equal pedestal to merge and produce to bring about the profitability of the business.
He emphasised that capital, standing on its own, could not produce and make profit; neither could labour standing alone produce and earn income. “It is therefore logical that these two indispensable components of business merge on equal footing to enable a successful business to be conducted.”
He expressed concern that in some instances, union-management relationships were characterised by misunderstanding and unfair treatment, which impair the relationship, leading to strikes and affecting productivity. Mr Ayawine warned that such acts, which could create a backlash in the union-management relationship, should be avoided because they did not augur well for the sustainability of business.
“I advise all workers and employers to be guided always by the dictates of the Collective Agreement and the Labour Law, which are our key tools, and do the right thing at all times so that either party would be justified in the end.
Touching on the government’s 24-hour economy policy, the ICU-Ghana leadership said it was welcome news and expressed the hope that “this noble intention is realised for job creation and sustainability in the country to improve the income and social protection of Ghanaian workers.”
Source: GNA
