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Three day job stayaway
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
April 21, 2003

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) General Council called an urgent meeting on the 16th of April 2003 to deliberate on the fuel price increases.

The General Council then unanimously decided that;

The fuel price increases are not acceptable and the ZCTU demands that the government reverses the price increase with immediate effect.

The government's continued unilateral decision making has shown that they are negotiating in bad faith and that the TNF is being turned into a playground hence the ZCTU is withdrawing from the TNF with immediate effect until the issue of the fuel price is resolved.

The TNF minimum wage of Z$46 000 has been overtaken by events and therefore the ZCTU does not recognise it any more. The Poverty Datum Line (PDL) for March before the fuel increase was $53 029.10

The ZCTU is undertaking a peaceful three-day stayaway from Wednesday 23 April to Friday 25 April 2003. Unless the government gives in to the above demand the job boycott will be indefinite.

The ZCTU urges all workers to take part in this noble cause. Do not be intimidated, it is your right to protest.

Lovemore Matombo
ZCTU PRESIDENT

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