The General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) is an affiliate of the Trades Union Congress-Ghana (TUC-Ghana) and the biggest trade union organizing farmers and agricultural workers both in the formal and informal sector in Ghana. GAWU’s services to the non-wage earners...

  The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) was formed on February 9, 1959 at West African Cocoa Research Institute, (WACRI) now Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) at New Tafo in the Eastern Region, following a merger of a number...

Organize and unite workers engaged in enterprises that fall within the jurisdiction of the GAWU into locals under the direction and authority of the National Union Provide an organizational vehicle for the united expression of the views of...

Membership across the country First to institutionalize gender sensitization within the Labour movement Organized about 23,000 small scale farmers Collaborated with international partners to promote the decent work agendaamong agricultural workers. The Union has organized Inland Canoe fishermen ...

GAWU is currently implementing four main programme areas of work, namely, The Rural Workers Organization Programme (RWOP) This department principally aims at promoting and facilitating the organization of non-wage agricultural and rural workers for the purpose of promoting sustainable...

Governance Structure The General Agricultural Workers Union, as a conduit to running the organization, has a robust existing governance structure. These include: Ordinary or Extraordinary Delegates’ Conference The National Executive Council The Finance Committee National Officers Committee Women’s Committee Other Structures...