Press Statements
ZCTU PRESIDENT PETER MUTASA MAY DAY MESSAGE TO THE WORKERS OF ZIMBABWE, 1 MAY 2021
THEME: ‘ZCTU @40 FIGHTING FOR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE
Fellow workers and citizens at large, I address you today on this significant occasion (Workers Day) when workers worldwide celebrate the value of labour.
RE: ZCTU REMEMBERS 13 SEPTEMBER 2006 STATE BRUTALITY AGAINST TRADE UNIONISTS
Today 13 September 2020, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) commemorates the 14th anniversary of the event that happened on 13 September 2006 were 147 of our members were tortured for participating in a protest demanding better lives. The ZCTU leadership was brutally beaten and they were left for dead. Some have lived with the scars and some have since died.
03 September 2020
For immediate Release
PRESS RELEASE
SUBJECT: MINISTER PAUL MAVIMA OFFSIDE ON ZCTU MONDAY DEMONSTRATIONS
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has noted the offside comments in the media attributed to the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Paul Mavima, were he urged workers to shun demonstrations called by the ZCTU claiming that the protests have nothing to do with improving the welfare of employees and were instead only meant to prop-up the political agenda of opposition parties.
17 August 2020
PRESS RELEASE
SUBJECT: ZCTU STAND BY THE ZIMBABWE CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE PASTORAL LETTER
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is fully behind a pastoral letter by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops (ZCBC) Conference of 14 August 2020 and calls upon the Government of Zimbabwe to stop its ill advised attacks on the men of God for chiding government on human rights abuses.
ZCTU MESSAGE TO MARK HEROES AND DEFENCE FORCES DAY:10 AND 11 AUGUST 2020
Once again, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) joins the rest of Zimbabweans in commemorating the national Heroes and Defence Forces Day. Heroes Day is a day to remember both our fallen and living heroes and heroines who extricated this country from minority colonial rule. The Defence Forces Day is a day we pay tribute to the gallant armed forces of Zimbabwe for their role in protecting Zimbabwe from foreign aggression.
Re: Rising workplace COVID 19 infections worrisome
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is deepily worried by the rising numbers of workers who are being infected by the Corona Virus at the workplace.
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