ICU, TGLEU Begin Merger Talks

A joint technical task force of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) and the Textiles, Garments and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) is to be set up to consider issues relating to the implementation of the President Special Initiative on Garments and Textile.

A joint statement in Accra on Thursday said through President John Agyekum Kufuor's Special Initiative, the two unions have started discussions to consolidate their support for the initiative and to ensure that there is a unified position on all issues.

The statement said the decision to hold discussions on a common position was announced on Thursday in Accra at a meeting of the leaders of the two unions, Mr Napoleon Kpoh, General Secretary of ICU and Mr Abraham Koomson, General Secretary of TGLEU.

Mr Alan Kyeremanten, Head of the Technical Support Group for the President's Initiative and Ghana's Ambassador to the US, chaired the meeting.

Other signatories to the statement were Mr Kyeremanten, Mr Kofi Asamoah, Deputy Secretary General of the TUC and Mr Joseph Essilful-Ansah, President of the Ghana Federation of Labour.