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Statement from the ZCTU Western Regional Councillors
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
July 09, 2005

We, the council members of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), WESTERN REGION, representing the following unions:

1. The Civil Employees Association (CSEA)
2. Railways Association of Engine men (RAE)
3. Zimbabwe Leather Shoe and Allied Workers Union (ZLSAWU)
4. Commercial Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CWUZ)
5. National Union of the Clothing Industry (NUCI)
6. Railway Artisan Union (RAU)
7. Zimbabwe Furniture Timber and Allied Trades Workers Union (ZFTTWU)
8. Zimbabwe Electricity and Energy Workers Union (ZEEWU)
9. Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
10. Automotive and Allied Workers Union (AAWU)
11. Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers Union (ZUCWU)
12. Associated Mine Workers Union (AMUWZ)
13. Zimbabwe Textiles Workers Union (ZTWU)
14. Zimbabwe Chemical, Plastics and Allied Workers Union (ZCPAWU)
15. Zimbabwe Graphical Workers Union (ZGWU)
16. Communications and Allied Services Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CASWUZ)
17. Food Federation and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ)
18. General Agricultural Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ)
19. Zimbabwe Education Scientific, Social and Cultural Workers Union (ZESSCWU)
20. National Engineering Workers Union (NEWU)
21. Cement and Lime Workers Union

Meeting in Bulawayo at ZCTU Offices on 9 July 2005 to discuss among other issues, the current happenings in the ZCTU, observe the following:

• That there is a deliberate attempt by people calling themselves " Aggrieved ZCTU Affiliate Workers Union", to destroy the ZCTU by among other things the use of violence and intimidation,
• That there is an attempt to unconstitutionally remove the legitimately elected President of the ZCTU, Lovemore Matombo; Vice-President Lucia Matibenga; Secretary General, Wellington Taylor Chibhebhe; Women’s Advisory Council Secretary Thabitha Khumalo,
• That there is a deliberate misinformation on the situation at the ZCTU in order to smear the names of the ZCTU
• That there is a constant fabrication of cases against the leadership by a few people who have malicious and political agendas

We therefore reaffirm that:

• We are firmly behind the current leadership of Lovemore Matombo, Lucia Matibenga, Wellington Chibhebhe, and Thabitha Khumalo until their terms of office expires.
• No individual(s) have the right to remove the current ZCTU leadership. Their positions will only be reviewed by Congress.
• That the so-called Aggrieved Affiliates are only a group of people who have not consulted us and therefore have no mandate on what they are doing.
• We will be seeking the constitutional removal of people who are bringing the name of the ZCTU into disrepute through their unorthodox means of trying to get into power.

R. Ngwenya
ZCTU Western Regional Chairperson

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