The TUC’s General Transport Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) has declared its intention to take a series of actions in response to the Torrentco deal controversy, which resulted in the suspension of two union members.
Chairman Bernard Owusu announced this on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, on Monday, questioning the rationale behind the suspension. According to Owusu, the members did nothing wrong except advocate for due diligence.
“They want to show us we are weak but we won’t sit aloof; our members should get ready. We are going to organize the biggest strike in Ghana. GOIL, SHELL, WAPCO, Metro mass, STC and all our affiliates should prepare for this strike,” he declared.
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Mr Owusu said the members did nothing wrong except for their demands for due diligence to be done.
“The board has no authority and if we allow this to go on, it will mean that they can intimidate or manhandle us. They are just blowing hot air and we will show them the workers has more power so that next time if they get any appointment, they will tread cautiously and operate within their mandate.
We won’t let the powers they think they have subdue us. We[workers] have a 60-year life span but their tenure is just 4 to 8 years,” he stated.
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During a press conference last week, the GTPCWU accused three Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) board members – Leon Kendon Apenteng, Mrs. Edith Sapara-Grant, and Mr. David Adomako – of significant incompetence and colluding in a conflict of interest. The union claimed that these board members had spent nearly two years pursuing a non-existent “ghost” partner instead of finding a credible collaborator for the refinery. They demanded the immediate removal of the implicated board members, a call that Owusu insisted was legitimate, urging President Akufo-Addo to take action.
