Ghana’s Union Movement Joins Call for Employee Free Choice Act
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With President Obama visiting Ghana this weekend, unions in that nation asked him to support workers’ freedom to form unions around the world.
The Ghana Federation of Labor (GFL) joined with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) for a July 7-8 conference on union rights around the world, with a focus on the Employee Free Choice Act, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the role of U.S. labor law in setting standards for the world.
These international unions are concerned about the rise of U.S. union-busting firms and the spread of union-busting tactics around the world, as well as U.S. firms creating downward wage pressures and corporate-dominated global institutions forcing development models on nations around the world that put profits ahead of workers.
