The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has expressed the need to bring together all trade unions in the country under one umbrella to ensure effective implementation of policies that would protect and sustain the welfare of workers.
Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, Deputy Secretary General of the TUC said the trade unions have been so divided that there are more than 50 unions which does not make positive impact on their members.
He said the TUC has therefore targeted the Nurses and Doctors Union, Teachers Union and Civil Servants among other unions.
Dr Baah was addressing the Northern Regional Council of Labour in Tamale on Tuesday. The meeting was also used to elect new executives for the union in the region for the next four years.
He said the informal sector would also be brought under the trade union to ensure that workers push their interests further.
He said the TUC is strategising to make sure member's interest are sustained and protected through welfare schemes.
Dr Baah however expressed worry about the over politisation of issues in the country which he said does not auger well for the fledgling democracy.
"The focus of the elections must be about poverty and not about personalities," he stressed.
He asked the youth to join the union and take leadership positions.
Mr Abudu Iddrisu, Chairman of the Regional Council of Labour said the union had chalked out successes in the past four years and noted that retention of the premium of some members is worrying.
Mr Evils Mahama was elected the Chairman for the Tamale Regional Council of Labour while Issah Alhassan got the Vice Chairman position. Yidana Salifu was elected Secretary while Madam Comfort Juayidind emerged as the Women Chair.