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Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:28
HARARE - Police yesterday disrupted Workers’ Day celebrations organised by the Concerned Affiliates of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions at Raylton Sports Club in Harare. They rounded up leaders including Raymond Majongwe arguing that the police did not authorise the...Read More
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News » Guthrie Munyuki, Senior Assistant Editor
Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:26
HARARE - Zimbabwe yesterday joined the rest of world in celebrating Workers’ Day but in a muted way. There is nothing worth writing home about for a Zimbabwean worker whose struggles have not been mitigated by an inclusive government involving a...Read More
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Wednesday, 01 May 2013 14:12
MASVINGO - Internationally acclaimed civic rights defender Reverend Jesse Jackson from the US will today grace the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Workers’ Day’s celebrations at Gwanzura Stadium in the capital Jackson is expected to address thousands of workers at...Read More
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:14
HARARE - Chitungwiza municipal workers, who in January resolved to forego their allowances to ensure regular payment of their salaries, are still singing the blues after going seven months without pay. It seems there is no solution in sight for the...Read More
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:53
MUTARE - Mutare council has asked close to 1 000 street cleaners, garbage collectors and city park attendants to stay at home because the broke authority cannot afford to pay them. Most council employees have gone for more than four months...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:10
HARARE - State-owned rail firm National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) remains paralysed as workers continue with a strike which entered its fourth day yesterday. The strike has sucked in workers from Harare, Gweru, Mutare, Hwange and Bulawayo. Hundreds who rely on...Read More
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Thursday, 07 March 2013 09:12
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Forestry Commission (ZFC) has allegedly failed to pay its workers their February salaries. The state workers say they have received payslips but no cash however. Their parent ministry of Environment and Natural Resource Management has told...Read More
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Friday, 08 February 2013 15:58
HARARE - Ex-employees of a Chinese-owned construction company have sought the help of the Chinese Embassy to resolve a payment dispute with their former employer. The Daily News caught up with 12 of the workers at the Chinese economic and commercial...Read More
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Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:50
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco)’s — now NewZim Steel — workers have appealed to President Robert Mugabe for intervention in the recovery of their unpaid wages. The 3 500 workers, owed five years’ worth of salaries, yesterday...Read More
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Sunday, 03 February 2013 14:23
HARARE - Commercial sex workers are singing the blues as potential clients reel from a cash squeeze associated with the “January disease”. Hard pressed with school fees and debts accruing from the festive season, most potential clients are staying at home...Read More
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Friday, 01 February 2013 13:05
HARARE - Vice President Joice Mujuru has shot down demands by Zimplats employees that their employer foot their electricity and water bills. Mujuru reminded the employees that they were lucky to be employed by such an employer who continually strives to...Read More
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Sunday, 27 January 2013 12:15
HARARE - Chitungwiza municipal workers have resolved to forego their allowances to ensure regular payment of their salaries as council reels from a deep financial crisis. without pay, agreed at last week’s workers’ council meeting to have their housing, transport, water...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Friday, 25 January 2013 11:44
HARARE - Twenty evicted families at Mara Farm in Goromonzi South constituency have appealed to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to intervene in their dilemma after being evicted from farm houses by their former employer Edward Dube. The homeless farm workers are...Read More
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:45
HARARE - Across our southern border, farm workers are on strike. Those South Africans know how to strike; strongly controlled front lines, large numbers of well-organised participants, placards, loud hailers and all accompanied by enthusiastic song and dance. According to...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Monday, 21 January 2013 11:22
HARARE - Twenty evicted families at Mara Farm in Goromonzi South Constituency are being soaked by rains as the police are denying them entry into the farm to collect their belongings. The Daily News visited the farm last Thursday and witnessed...Read More
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