Mineworkers protest at BCM Company …demand unpaid end-of-contract benefits
MORE than one hundred members of the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) yesterday staged a demonstration at the premises of BCM Company Limited in Accra, demanding the payment of their outstanding end-of-contract benefits.
Clad in red and carrying placards bearing inscriptions such as “We want our money,” “BCM greed, workers suffering,” and “End-of-contract benefits are not a favour, they are a right,” the demonstrators called for the immediate settlement of their entitlements.
Addressing the media during the protest, the General Secretary of the GMWU, Mr Abdul-Moomin Gbana, said the union had given BCM Ghana Limited up to Friday, December 19, 2025, to pay the outstanding benefits or face further industrial action in the coming days.
He described the situation as an unfair labour practice and urged management of BCM Ghana Limited to act promptly.
Mr Gbana later presented a formal demand notice to a representative of BCM Ghana Limited.
“We, the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union of TUC (Ghana), on behalf of our over seven hundred (700) members and former employees of BCM Ghana Limited hereby demand the immediate payment of their End-of-Contract Benefits (ECB),” the notice stated.
According to the notice, the benefits “are not discretionary; they are contractual and statutory entitlements secured under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, individual contracts of employment, and the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651).”
It added that despite the expiration of the workers’ contracts and their being sent home more than ten months ago, BCM Ghana Limited had “failed, neglected, and refused to settle these lawful entitlements.”
The union said the prolonged delay had imposed severe hardship on affected workers and their families.
“This prolonged delay has subjected our members and their families to extreme financial hardship, distress, and untold suffering, contrary to principles of fairness, good faith, and responsible corporate conduct,” the notice said.
It further described the continued non-payment as a breach of agreement and a violation of workers’ rights.
“The continued non-payment of these benefits constitutes a blatant breach of agreement and a violation of the rights of our members, many of whom depended solely on these entitlements to transition into alternative livelihoods,” it said.
The notice also noted that the union had exercised restraint and engaged management through several correspondences and meetings, but without success.
“The Union has exercised restraint and engaged management through several correspondences and engagements in good faith, all of which have yielded no concrete outcome,” it added.
The representative of the company who received the demand notice said the management of the company would address the concerns of the mineworkers.
BY TIMES REPORTER
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