The Public Utilities Workers' Union (PUWU) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing utility workers in Ghana. The union's origins lie in the Gold Coast Public Utility and Allied Government Industrial Union, which represented junior staff in the Public Works Department, working in the water and electric sectors. In the early 1960s, it merged with the Government Clerical and Technical Employees Union, which renamed itself as the Public Services Workers' Union. However, in 1967, the public utility workers split away to form their own union, PUWU. The new union affiliated to the

Ghana Trades Union Congress The Ghana Trades Union Congress is a national centre that unites various workers' organizations in Ghana. The organization was established in 1945. History The GTUC as a central co-ordinating body for 14 union groups in 1945. The unions were r ...

, and by 1985, it had 20,000 members, falling to 10,288 in 2018.{{cite web , title=Labour Market Profile 2020: Ghana , url=https://www.ulandssekretariatet.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ghana_lmp_2020.pdf , website=Danish Trade Union Development Agency , access-date=8 July 2021 Most of its members work for the Ghana Water Company, the

Electricity Company of Ghana Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS Ghana Limited), was an electricity distribution company in Ghana. The company's operation covered about thirty percent of the total land mass of the country. Formerly, and as a public company, its operations ...

, the State Housing Company, or the Community Water and Sanitation Agency.

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Public sector trade unions Trade unions established in 1967 Trade unions in Ghana