The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on government to immediately suspend the recently announced increases in electricity and water tariffs, insisting that the increments are unfair, untimely, and violate the principles of social partnership agreed between labour and the state.

Addressing a press briefing on Monday, December 8, 2025, the General Secretary of the TUC, Joshua Ansah, said the union expects government and the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to return to the negotiation table and fully exhaust the consultative processes before any new tariffs are rolled out.

“Following our meeting this afternoon, the TUC has resolved that in the spirit of fairness and mutual respect for our social partnership, we demand that government suspends the announced tariff increases,” he stated.

Mr. Ansah warned that the TUC will fiercely resist any tariff adjustment that threatens the meagre 9 percent wage increase approved for 2026.

According to him, the announced tariff hikes risk wiping out the entire value of workers’ income gains, leaving Ghanaian workers worse off.

He also questioned the rationale behind implementing new utility tariffs on January 1, 2026, when the negotiated 9 percent pay rise will only be paid at the end of January. Such an arrangement, he argued, will expose workers to an entire month of elevated utility costs without any corresponding income cushion.

“This, obviously, borders on insensitivity,” he added.