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- The Trades Union Congress of Ghana was formed in 1945 when fourteen unions (registered under the Trade Union Ordinance of 1941) came together under a central co-ordinating body.
- A committee set up by the eleventh Annual Congress in 1954 recommended the amalgamation of unions along industrial lines. This was approved by Congress in 1955 as a means of correcting a weakness in structure.
- The Industrial Relations Act (Act 56) was passed in 1958. This reduced affiliated unions to 24 and also introduced the check-off system of collecting dues.
- In 1966, the government of the Convention People's Party (CPP) was overthrown. This ended the special relationship between the CPP and the TUC. New leaders were elected to run the TUC at time when many of the old leaders were in detention.
The government of the Progress Party led by Dr. K. A. Busia initiated a move which led Parliament to pass Act 383 of 1971, dissolving the TUC as the sole national centre of trade union activity and abolishing the check-off system. This Act was repealed by the National Redemption Council government led by Col. I. K Acheampong.
Between 1982 and 1983, the entire leadership of the TUC was suspended and an Interim Management Committee was established following a 'coup d' etat' by the Association of Local Unions (ALU) of the Greater Accra region.
It was only after a year that a congress was held to restore constitutionality.
Since then activities of the TUC have been stabilized.
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