Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
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Website | www.zctu.co.zw |
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The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is the primary
History
The ZCTU was formed on February 28, 1981 through the merger of six trade union centres:
Prior to the creation of the state of
The initial leadership of the ZCTU was politically closely associated with the government, and was dismissed in 1984 for corruption.[4] Their replacements (following a period of caretaker administration) were also found to be corrupt, with the General Secretary removed for missappropriating funds in November 1986.[4] The direction of the ZCTU changed dramatically after the appointment of Jeffrey Mutandare, of the Associated Mineworkers' Union.[4] Mutandare was much more willing than previous leaders to criticise government policy, including the new Labour Relations Act of 1985, which he claimed centralised control over the trade union movement in the Ministry of Labour.[4]
In the 1990s the ZCTU grew increasingly opposed to the government of
Affiliates
As of January 2014 the following unions were affiliated to the ZCTU.
- Zimbabwe Pulp & Paper Workers' Union
- Zimbabwe Domestic & Allied Workers Union (ZDAWU)
- Zimbabwe Chemicals & Plastics Allied Workers' Union
- Zimbabwe Textile Workers Union (ZTWU)
- Zimbabwe Tobacco Industrial Workers’ Union (ZTIWU)
- Zimbabwe Metal, Energy & Allied Workers’ Union (ZMEAWU)
- Zimbabwe Security Guards Union (ZISEGU)
- Zimbabwe Banks & Allied Workers’ Union (ZIBAWU)
- Zimbabwe Furniture, Timber & Allied Trades Union (ZFTATU)
- Zimbabwe Educational Scientific, Social & Cultural Workers’ Union (ZESSCWU)
- Zimbabwe Catering & Hotel Workers’ Union (ZCHWU)
- Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers’ Union
- Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers’ Union (ZUCWU)
- Zimbabwe Union of Journalists
- Zimbabwe Amalgamated Railway Workers’ Union (ZARWU)
- Railway Association of Yard Operating Staff (RAYOS)
- Zimbabwe Railways Artisans Union (RAU)
- Railway Association of Enginemen (RAE)
- National Union of the Clothing Industry (NUCI)
- National Engineering Workers’ Union (NEWU)
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (MVMWUZ)
- General Agriculture & Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ)
- Federation of Food & Allied Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ)
- Commercial Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe
- Cement, Lime & Allied Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (CLAWUZ)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-415-00245-1. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-4389-0668-3. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ Munyaradzi Gwisai (2002). "Revolutionaries, resistance and crisis in Zimbabwe". LINKS: international journal of socialist renewal. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ ISBN 0-86187-454-4.
- ^ ISBN 1-77013-005-5. Retrieved 12 August 2012.; Lucien van der Walt, 1998, "Trade Unions in Zimbabwe: for democracy, against neo-liberalism", Capital and Class, number 66, 1998, pp. 85-117.
- ^ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. p. 286. Retrieved 5 September 2012.