We Are Not Fighting For Ourselves
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Tema have debunked assertions that they were fighting against the planned concession of the Company due to selfish reasons. They replied their...
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Ghana Gas Workers Demonstrate, Management Says It’s Illegal
Ghanaian workers of the Ghana Gas company at Atuabo in the Western Region Friday laid down their tools in demand of better working conditions and training opportunities. The workers who wore red...
Striking ECG Workers To Face Sanctions
The Power Ministry has said it may be forced to take punitive actions against workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) if they do not immediately abort their ongoing 3-hour daily protest...
17 Workers Sue Children’s Hospital
Seventeen workers of the Princess Marie Louise Hospital (Children’s Hospital) in Accra have sued the hospital at the Industrial Division of the Accra High Court for engaging them as casual workers...
Gov’t Imposes 5% Tax On Casual, Temporary Workers
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stated that the passage of the legal instrument(LI) under the country’s Income Tax Act, 2015, Act 896 will clarify taxes that must be imposed on class one...
Police Officers, GWCL Workers Named In $80,000 Theft
Workers of the Ghana water company Limited and some Police personnel have been implicated in the disappearance of over $80,000 belonging to a sachet water producer in Accra. The officials of the...
Benefits A Good Nights Sleep
Sleep is surprisingly little understood. Scientists still haven't agreed on how it evolved, or what its purpose is. What we do know, however, is that it is vital – and that many of us aren't...
CLOGSAG Calls Government’s Bluff
Striking workers of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) have called the bluff of the Employment Minister who has threatened to withhold their August salaries. Public Relations...
CLOGSAG Calls Gov’t Bluff; Ready To Go 24 Months Without Salaries
Striking workers of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) have called the bluff of the Employment Minister who has threatened to withhold their August salaries. Public Relations...
300 Petroleum Workers Set to Lose Jobs
More than 300 workers under the Ghana Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers’ Union (GTPCWU) could soon be laid off according to its Deputy General Secretary Francis Sallah.
The hint comes on...
AMERI ‘Swallows’ VRA
Agitated staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have protested against government’s decision to cede three assets of the power generating company to external parties.
The assets, which include...
Agreement to Cede VRA Assets to AMERI, Others Suspended
The Power Ministry has suspended agreement with three external parties over some assets of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Thursday.
The decision was arrived at after a meeting between the Ministry...
GCB Bank Sacks 195 Workers
GCB Bank is undertaking a staff rationalisation exercise involving about 195 employees, who will exit the bank by the end of July 2016.
The exercise forms part of the bank’s Transformation...
Mahama ‘Sitting on’ Dumsor Timetable – ECG Workers
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have disclosed that they have prepared a new load-shedding timetable to enable consumers plan their activities to efficiently but President John...
Airport Union Workers on Strike, More Flights to Be Suspended
Unionized workers of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have threatened to resume their strike if government fails to hand over the entire 640 acres of land for the installation of their...
Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) Warns of Food Shortage in Ghana Dues to Bad Weather
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has warned that Ghana may experience shortage of foodstuff if pragmatic measures are not taken to develop irrigation farms due to changes in the weather...
Salaries of 3,794 Government Workers Suspended
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has suspended the payment of salaries of a total of 3,794 government employees without social security numbers on the mechanised...
GHS Training on Ebola and Cholera Surveillance Ends
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health workers from all the Regions.
The three-day training was to equip participants with...
The World Health Organization Estimates Over 20,000 People Could Get Ebola Before It is Brought Under Control
The World Health Organization says the current deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people before...
The Current State of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak.
Ebola still has the "upper hand" in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, these are the words of Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the...