Joshua Ansah, Secretary-General, Ghana Trades Union Congress, has on behalf of Organized Labour, congratulated President John Dramani Mahama on his massive electoral victory in the December 7, 2024 election and his spectacular comeback.

“It is a clear testament of the overwhelming confidence the Ghanaian people have in you and your party,” Mr Ansah said in his remarks at the 2025 May Day National Parade at the Blackstar Square in Accra.

“We believe this renewed mandate presents a unique opportunity to advance an inclusive, fair, and people-centred national agenda — one that places decent work and social justice at its core.”

The Secretary-General said this year’s May Day Celebration on the theme: “Resetting Pay and Working Conditions in Ghana – The Role of Stakeholders,” spoke directly to the critical moment being faced as a nation and as workers.

He said it was a call for transformation — not only in how we value labour, but also in how they shape the future of work, wages, and welfare of the Ghanaian worker.

Mr Ansah said the last few months, workers and Ghanaians had witnessed the outdooring of one committee/initiative or the other on various issues of national importance; from the Constitutional

Review Committee, GoldBoard, Ministerial Committee on ECG privatisation to Labour Export Programme.

He said the unique thing about these Committees and Initiatives was the virtual exclusion of Organised Labour.

He said additionally, they all could see the haste with which some of the initiatives were being rushed through.

Mr Ansah said the TUC expected this to change and that their involvement would enrich the work of the Committees and of the initiatives.

“It will also prevent us from deploying the “other tools” of industrial relations.

We must not prioritize speed over substance,” he said.

“We are confident in your commitment to social dialogue and inclusive governance.

“We trust that under your leadership, the labour front will see renewed attention and thoughtful reforms that reflect the spirit of fairness and social justice.”

Mr Ansah said this year should mark the beginning of the reset of the system in favour of dignity, equity, and shared prosperity.

“Let us work together — government, employers, and labour — to build a Ghana where every worker earns a decent wage, lives a decent life, and looks to the future with hope,” he said.