The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has asked government to address challenges affecting workers in the country.
According to them, the welfare of workers in the country who contribute a major factor to the country’s development cannot be undermined.
Some continue to remain casual workers whilst other receive low salaries with no appointment letters.
Speaking at this year’s May Day Celebrations at the Independence Square Dr. Yaw Baah the Secretary General of TUC explained that some workers in the country suffer stigmatization and other labour related issues in their various work stations so government through the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations to help resolve all those labour issues.
"Mr President, we will like to appeal to you to correct this flaw in our social policy. We are expecting concrete plans and a roadmap for a universal pension coverage in the 2020 budget."
He said about a quarter of the 200,000 people who are on the SSNIT pension scheme receive about GH¢300 a month, which he described as woefully inadequate.
According to him, the pittance pensioners received monthly has sent many of them to their early graves as they cannot afford to pay for their utilities and hospital bills.
Dr Baah also expressed worry over the inequality in pension benefits, urging government to critically look at the country’s pension scheme.
He explained that low coverage was not the only problem facing the country’s social security system and that payment of inadequate pension benefits was another challenge bedeviling the SSNIT pension scheme.
He thus wished workers a happy workers day and reminded them of the union’s commitment to fight for their course.
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