Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 147 Organised labour and Ghana's regional integration agenda Organised labour has demonstrated its commitment to regional integration through the articulation of various positions in various forums and trade union frameworks in Ghana and beyond. These multi-level interventions have often times involved collaborations with various organisations, through its affiliations, partnerships and other episodic relationships. What organised labour has been doing by itself in Ghana Directly and more so through the General Agricultural Workers Union, one of the biggest affiliates of the Ghana TUC, there have been many interventions in relation to the negotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA). These have been strong in articulating the likely negative impact of the EPA on regional integration in the West African sub-region in particular. These have taken the form of direct government-citizen engagement, media and parliamentary capacity building, media interventions and popular demonstration. Through GAWU's representation in the Inter-Institutional Committee on Multilateral Trade, organised labour has mobilised participating Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs). In Ghana, there have been collaborations with other civil society organisations like the Third World Network-Africa, ActionAid Ghana, Food Security Policy Advocacy Network(FOODSPAN), Ghana Trade and Livelihoods Coalition and Abantu for Development, as well as the Association of Ghana Industries(AGI). These have jointly organised media campaigns and other engagements to highlight regional integration as a necessary condition for development. Beyond Ghana, there have been collaborations with trade unions and other civil society organisations(CSOs). Foremost among CSOs are the African Trade Network (ATN), Eurostep of Belgium, Enda Tiers Monde, ActionAid International, Oxfam international, Both Ends of Netherlands and others. The continental trade unions have continued to constitute a major advocacy framework for organised labour. Since the formation of Organisation of African Trade Union Unity(OATUU) in 1973 , the Ghana TUC has, apart from its own direct interventions, expressed through OATUU its commitment to the vision of African Unity. OATUU, right from the onset, declared its historic role in contributing to the realisation of African Unity, and, in more recent times, reiterated that position.“From OATUU's experience over the years, the best way of achieving development in Africa in a continuous and sustainable manner is the integration of Africa's economies. OATUU will use all the means available to it and African workers to push for the fast-tracking of Africa's economic integration.” 159 This position on African integration agenda underscored 159 OATUU, Report of Activities of the Executive Committee, 2004 – 2008,(Accra, OATUU Secretariat, 2008),