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- ↑ Komlah Pawar, P. (1979). The Ghana Trades Union Congress: a brief report (PDF). Accra: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. p. 59. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Ghana. Ghana Trade Union Congress. 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ↑ "Labour Market Profile 2020: Ghana" (PDF). Danish Trade Union Development Agency. Retrieved 8 July 2021.