Ghana Federation of Labour

GFL
Ghana Federation of Labour
Headquarters	Accra
Members	48,300 (2016)^[1]^: 2
Key people	Abraham Koomson, secretary general
Affiliations	ITUC

The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) is a national trade union centre in Ghana. The origins of the GFL can be traced to the departure of a group of workers from the TUC-affiliated Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union who then founded the Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) in 1993.^[2] The TGLEU subsequently attempted to affiliate to the TUC, but was refused.^[2] In 1996, changes in labour law in Ghana allowed trade union pluralism and in 1998 the GFL was founded.^[3]^: 519

Affiliates

The GFL has nine affiliated unions:^[1]^: 24

Textile, Garment and Leather Employees’ Union. (TEGLEU)
Food And Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU)
General Manufacturing And Metal Workers’ Union (GEMM)
Union Of Private Security Personnel (UPSP)
National Union of Teamster And General Workers (NUTEG)
Finance And Business Services Union (FBSEU)
Private School Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union of Ghana (PRISTEG)
Media Of Printing Industry Workers’ Union (MEDIANET)
ICT and General Services Employees Union

References

^ ^a ^b "Ghana Labour Market Profile 2016" (PDF). Copenhagen: Danish Trade Union Development Agency. January 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Case of Ghana" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. February 2004. p. 36. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ General labour history of Africa : workers, employers and governments, 20th-21st centuries. Bellucci, Stefano,, Eckert, Andreas, 1964-. Martlesham. ISBN 9781787445550. OCLC 1102416907.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)