Zimbabwe: Government Backs Down On Wage Freeze But ZCTU Strike to Go Ahead

by E Wayne Ross on September 30, 2007

AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Government Backs Down On Wage Freeze But ZCTU Strike to Go Ahead

State media reports on Sunday said Labour Minister Nicholas Goche would announce amendments to the two-week old legislation, allowing employers to raise wages for employees through collective bargaining. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called for a job boycott last week to protest a presidential decree banning employers from raising workers wages.