Accra, Oct. 8, GNA - The Secretary-General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Kofi Asamoah has noted that the deplorable conditions in which some workers find themselves after retirement is because they do not plan for their future before retirement. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency after the election of a committee of the women's wing of the Accra Area District Council of Labour, Mr Asamoah said it was advisable for workers to plan for their retirement about 10 years before going out of employment.

He identified low income and job insecurity as some of the main challenges facing workers and said they could bail themselves out of that predicament only if they improved upon their educational standards. Mr Asamoah urged workers to rededicate themselves to their respective unions and to attend meetings regularly to acquaint themselves with knowledge about their rights and responsibilities. At the elections Madam Nawomi Quarcoe of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) was elected chairperson of the Committee, while Madam Sala Braimah was elected Vice Chairperson. Madam Laure Hutchison Ekpe from Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) took the position of Secretary, with Miss Georgina Glhato of the Construction, Building and Material Workers Union (CBMWU) as Assistant Secretary.

The position of Treasurer/Organiser went to Madam Rachel Owusu of the General Transport Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU). Miss Juliana Boahene of the General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) and Madam Gifty Abanga were elected executive members. 08 Oct. 09