Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions statement
Zimbabwe government guilty
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has successfully presented
its case before the International Labour Conference currently
underway in Geneva on human and trade union rights violations
in Zimbabwe.
This has resulted in Zimbabwe being placed in the Special Paragraph,
alongside other pariah states. The Zimbabwean government at the
last minute chickened out from appearing before the Standards
Committee after they failed to lobby other governments to support
them. Earlier on the Zimbabwean government had indicated a desire
to appear but after 'consultations' with colleagues back home
they later wrote a letter saying they would not appear.
The Committee would have none of this and the Zimbabwean government
was found guilty of human and trade union rights abuses.
Conclusions of the hearing will be made available in due course.
Khumbulani Ndlovu
Information Officer
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
P.O Box 3549
Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone 263-4-794702/794742
Cell 263 11 620 232
Fax 263-4- 728484
E-mail i...@zctu.co.zw
Website www.zctu.co.zw