The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has expressed outrage over what it says was the “shameful and dehumanizing treatment” meted out to Mr Ibrahim Sanou, an employee of Gateway Logistics Limited, Takoradi, by his employers.
Ibrahim Sanou was chained by the neck to a container by his Italian supervisor, Manlio Maggiorotto for allegedly failing to complete a task, and according to the TUC, that act, which also restricted his movement, was “not only a breach of his fundamental right to movement but goes to the core of his basic right to humane and dignified treatment, as guaranteed by the Ghana Constitution.”
“This indignity is an insult to all working people and Ghanaians as a whole, especially, given our not too distant history of slavery”, a statement issued by the TUC on Wednesday and signed by its Secretary General, Kofi Asamoah lamented.
