General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union

{{Short description|Ghanaian trade union}}

The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union (GTPCWU) is a trade union representing workers in various industries in Ghana.

The union was founded in 1967 in Accra, to represent workers in the formal section of road transport, in air transport, and in the chemical and petroleum sectors.{{cite book |title=Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Ghana |date=2012 |publisher=Ghana Trade Union Congress |url=https://docplayer.net/28544771-Trade-unions-and-industrial-relations-in-ghana.html |access-date=10 July 2021}} By 1985, membership had reached 29,185, but by 2018 this had fallen to 7,500.{{cite web |last1=Anyemedu |first1=Kwasi |title=Trade union responses to globalization: Case study on Ghana |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/gurn/00154.pdf |website=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |access-date=9 July 2021}}{{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}}