Union of Industry, Commerce and Finance explained

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]

References

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