Deal ruthlessly with companies undermining decent work - ICU to political authorities
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)-Ghana, has called on the government to be firm and deal ruthlessly with companies undermining decent work.
That, it said, called for stronger legislation and enforcement of the same without fear or panic at all times.
“ICU-Ghana will like to add its voice to the rallying call for the political authorities to prioritise policies and programmes for the promotion of decent work, so that the working people of the world can work in dignity and enjoy the fruits of their labour and even after retirement,” a statement signed by the General Secretary of the union, Morgan Ayawine, to mark Precarious Work
Day yesterday (Monday), October 6, 2025, said.
The union called for renewed commitment and dedication from social partners in tackling the menace of precarious work.
That, it said, was to help liberate the working masses who were in substandard employment servitude with poor pay, insecurity and unprotected, thereby negatively impacting on the quality of life at the household level.
It also stressed a need for sustained action and sensitisation to the right of contract and casual workers to form or join a union must be encouraged to stop any exploitation.
“Transnational and multinational companies must have a rethink, and not focus on only profit maximisation at the expense of the workers.
The union acknowledges that the companies invest in countries around the globe for profits, but they should desist from employment contracts which undermine decent work,” it said.
October 7 is observed as Precarious Work Day across the world.
It aims to draw global attention to the debilitating challenges of precarious work that deprives workers of decent work.
The ICU-Ghana, therefore, joined the global labour partners in solidarity and total condemnation of precarious work.
It said since 2008, when the World Day for Decent Work was instituted and marked annually on October 7, millions have stepped up actions for the promotion of decent work across the globe.
“Precarious work reflects in substandard employment like outsourcing (contract/casual) work, as well as fixed-term contracts, which have become a common feature in the work environment, especially in the transnational and multinational companies.
“It is an injustice in the highest order to see young citizens working as casuals for more than five years, with no hope of permanency to enjoy the benefits of decent work,” it emphasised.
It said while the ICU-Ghana welcomed the investment and job creation opportunities by the transnational and multinational companies, it would not sit down for the rights of workers to be trampled upon under substandard employment relations and maximisation of profits for the benefit of owners of capital.
