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The Union of Industry, Commerce and Finance (UNICOF) is a trade union representing workers in various sectors, in Ghana.

The union was founded in August 2003, as a split from the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU). The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) accepted the new union as an affiliate, which led UNICOF to resign from the TUC. [1] [2] On formation, the union had 4,000 members, and by 2011 this had grown to 12,000. [3]

The union was initially led by General Secretary John Esiape, but he was suspended from office in 2016. [4] Since then, it has been led by Chief Executive Officer John Senanu Amegashie. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Case of Ghana" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. February 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Ghana" (PDF). Trades Union Congresss. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Ghana. Ghana Trade Union Congress. 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Confusion rocks UNICOF as members ask leadership to resign". Ghana Web. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Profile". UNICOF. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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