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New ZCTU president outlines game plan

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) recently held its eighth general conference which ushered in a new executive to run the union from up to 2021. The Financial Gazette’s correspondent, Alois Vinga (AV), this week spoke to the organisation’s newly elected president, Peter Mutasa (PM), on his appointment, his vision and developments in the […]

Fired workers to get benefits…… new law to apply retrospectively

Thousands of workers dismissed on three-month notices will be entitled to compensation for termination of their contracts, if the Labour Amendment Bill gazetted last Friday becomes law. Legal experts also say the proposed new law could get them back their jobs as they say the 17 July 2015 Supreme Court ruling that triggered the spate […]

Riot police besiege ZCTU offices

Report by The Zimbabwean HARARE – Several truck-loads of Anti-Riot Police (Black Boots) troops have this morning besieged Gorlon House, headquarters of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in Harare. The siege follows the violent breaking up of several ZCTU demonstrations across the country last Saturday in which workers protested the recent Supreme Court […]