Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions - NATIONAL PROTEST
When: Wednesday 13 September 2006, 12:00 - 2:00pm
Where: The ZCTU leadership will lead processions in the following centres:
Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare, Chinhoyi, Masvingo, Chitungwiza, Bindura, Marondera,Norton, Redcliff Zvishavane, Shurugwi, Mvuma, Mvuma, Chivhu, Gokwe, Kwekwe,Hwange,Plumtree,Victoria Falls, Gwanda, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Nyanga, Rusape, Chiredzi, Gutu,Beitbridge,Triangle, Mashava, Kadoma, Kariba, Karoi and Chegutu
In Harare the Procession will leave from the Construction House to deliver a petition to the Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare, the Minister of Finance and to EMCOZ while in other centres the petitions will be delivered to the offices of the Chief Labour Relations Officer who in turn has to forward them to the Ministry of Finance.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) will be organizing processions country-wide on Wednesday 13 September 2006 from 12.00 PM to 2.00 PM to show government and employers that workers have gone this far with their suffering and cannot go any further. 80% of Zimbabweans are living in poverty because workers “take home” salaries cannot even take them home. Now is the time to SAY NO!
The ZCTU demands the following;
- Minimum Wages and Salaries linked to the Poverty Datum Line (PDL) Reduction of Income Tax to a 30% maximum. Workers earning below the PDL (84 000 as at August 2006) should not be taxed.
- Availability and Free Access to Anti Retro Virals (ARVs)
- Stabilisation of prices of basic commodities
- A stop to harassment of Informal Economy Workers by local authority police and the ZRP
For more information on the action please contact the ZCTU Information and Organising Departments on 794742 / 794702 / 793093 or Email: info@zctu.co.zw
Kubatana send out this message:
If you can’t be There with the ZCTU then be consciously Aware
Together we can do more . . .
The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will. – Frederick Douglass
If you are an employer: consider giving your workers the time off to join the ZCTU processions OR encourage them to spend from 12 – 2pm on Wednesday, 13th September in discussion and debate about the factors that are contributing to our national crisis
If you are an employee: get talking together in an effort to stimulate ideas about how we can all contribute to positive change in Zimbabwe
If you are a student or youth: join ZINASU in fighting for the rights of students in Zimbabwe
And . . . everyone out there, fill your hearts and minds with love, peace and positive energy - pump up the volume! Play your favourite music loud and clear between 12 and 2 on Wednesday, 13th September: the beat goes on . . .
September 13th, 2006 11:41
Sokwanele, pictures please, and plenty of them of the workers’ demonstration. Best to all of you in Zimbabwe.
‘Be free,’ Sokwanele
October 24th, 2006 22:58
This’s got to stop. Apartheid in a democratic setting has since become uncelebrated. People should learn to stand up to their rights. Though a few heads may roll, but the sacrifice will be worth the while if we persist until the law is beant or broken to respect the will of the masses.