Don’t label workers terrorists, Mnangagwa told

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to stop labelling workers demanding fair wages as terrorists in order to justify a clampdown on their rights.

The call came yesterday as workers’ unions across the globe stood in solidarity with underpaid Zimbabwean workers during commemorations of the Global Day of Action.

“We are calling on all our affiliates and international partners to stand in solidarity with the workers of Zimbabwe and support the (Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions) ZCTU demands to the Zimbabwean government to stop the continued arrests abductions, intimidation, harassment, torture and judicial persecution of the trade unionists, their families and civil society and to stop labelling them terrorists,” ITUC said in a statement.

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