Kwasi Adu Amankwah, general secretary of the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), was forcibly taken from his hotel at 2 a.m. today in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he had just arrived. Amankwah was set to meet with...
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In Zimbabwe, the Solidarity Center supports training to educate and mobilize working women, who comprise the majority of economically-struggling workers in the informal sector. Credit: Solidarity Center/Jemal Countess
Continued Crackdown on Zimbabwe’s Workers
In Zimbabwe, a government crackdown continues this week on citizens who last month protested a 150 percent fuel price hike. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Japhet Moyo and President Peter Mutasa were released from police custody yesterday on...
Crackdown on Zimbabwe’s Workers Escalates
A government crackdown on citizens who last week protested a 150 percent fuel price hike escalated Monday with the arrest of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Japhet Moyo, charged with subversion for “mobilizing the nation to participate in...