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What does ZCTU do?

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What does ZCTU do?

The ZCTU was established by the ruling party, ZANU-PF, with the aim of reducing industrial disputation, and improving the influence of the government over the union movement.

What does ZCTU stand for?

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is the dominant central trade union federation in Zambia.

What are the advantages of trade unions?

Union protects the economic interest of the workers and ensures a reasonable wage for them, so it improves the economic lot of workers by securing higher wages, bonus, allowances and perquisites etc.

What are the disadvantages of a trade union?

Potential disadvantage of Trades Unions

  • Create Unemployment. If labour markets are competitive, and trade unions are successful in pushing for higher wages, it can cause disequilibrium unemployment (real wage unemployment of Q3-Q2).
  • Ignore non-members.
  • Lost Productivity.
  • Wage-inflation.

What are the bodies representing workers in Zimbabwe?

The Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers Union (ZUCWU), a federation of individual urban council unions has a potential membership of 35,000 workers employed in local authority health services, community services, clinics, maintenance, and construction.

How many trade unions are there in Zambia?

There are about 25 unions in Zambia and the two main groupings are Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and Federation of Free Trade Unions in Zambia (FFTUZ).

What are the roles of Zambia Congress of Trade Union?

Over the last 50 years, Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has worked with different unions to organise and unite all workers into a strong, unified, dynamic and self-sustaining labour movement as a basis for achieving positive economic, political and social justice for all and good governance in the interest of …

Why do workers join trade unions?

ADVERTISEMENTS: Employees need to have a sense of job security and want to be sure that management will not make unfair and arbitrary decisions about their employment. They look unions to ensure that their jobs are duly protected against lay offs, recall, promotion, etc.

What are the 3 largest trade unions in South Africa?

COSATU, with a membership of 1.8 million, is followed by FEDUSA with 560,000 members and NACTU with almost 400,000 members including the powerful mineworkers union. All three are affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

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