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Dr Archibald Yao Letsa presenting a citation to Madam Francisca Adzo Osei (middle) for being the best regional personality. With them is Edith Amenuvor Afewu (left), the acting Volta and Oti TUC Secretary
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Organised Labour has urged the government to pay attention to the social aspect of the country’s economic recovery plan.
According to the group, focusing on social protection including care for the aged, children, persons with disabilities and a daily income grant for the country’s most vulnerable demography would make Ghana’s economic recovery meaningful in terms of human development.
Covid-19 vaccinations touted as key to much-needed tourism rebound
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By Orville Williams
Despite pronouncements a few months ago that Covid-19 vaccinations will remain voluntary, the likelihood of the shots becoming somewhat mandatory in Antigua and Barbuda – specifically within the tourism sector – is increasing with each official announcement.
Just recently, the government said players within the international cruise industry were still very interested in resuming travel to the island, but that interest was said to come with the condition that locals who operate in the sector – such as cab drivers, tour operators and shop workers – would be vaccinated to provide an improved level of safety and protection for the visiting guests.
The leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have sent greetings to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC)
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Some members of organised labour have called on the government to mitigate the impact of the tax hike on petroleum products and the introduction of new taxes in the country.
They have also urged the government to review salaries to ameliorate the hardships being faced by workers as a result of the high cost of living.
The Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Council of Labour, Mr Patrick Tetteh Binyemi and the Chairman of the Madina, Adentan, Abokobi District of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr Christian Yaw Adinkra, made the call during separate interviews in Tema where the Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) observed this year s May Day celebration.
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In the last few days, two international events were held in Nigeria. The first was the International Workers’ Day and the second, World Press Freedom Day. Last Saturday, May 1, 2021 was the International Labour Day, also known as Workers Day or May Day. In Nigeria, in order to enable workers to mark the day, the Federal Government declared Monday, May 3, 2021 as public holiday. In celebration of the day, workers filed out in their numbers at stadia across the country to celebrate with march past and speeches from the governors and the labour union leaders. In Abuja, the President was represented at the ceremony at the Eagle Square by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who assured workers of better packages to cushion the economic effects of COVID-19 on their resources, stressing that his regime had put in place some socio-economic policies to alleviate poverty. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, in hi