Alfred Makwarimba

Alfred Makwarimba is the president of the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU).[1] The ZFTU is organized and run by the ruling ZANU–PF party, and is not to be confused with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.[2] Makwarimba's presidency has been controversial. In 2006, the ZFTU voted to expel him as president.[3] In 2009, the ZFTU announced that Makwarimba was suspended pending a police investigation into allegations of unspecified misconduct, although the Zimbabwean government continued to consider him the president.[4] In both instances, he either retained his presidency or regained it later, because news articles from 2007 to 2018 continue to refer to him as the president of the ZFTU.[5][6] In January 2018, the Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (TUZ) sought to have Makwarimba arrested over allegations that Makwarimba and the ZFTU have breached a court order to interfere with the TUZ's affairs.[7]

Policies

Makwarimba has criticized the government's 2014 plan to match salaries to productivity.[8] In 2018, he urged the government to avoid returning to the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme.[5]

References
  1. Zimbabwe: Shun economic sabotage - ZFTU, May 2, 2007. AllAfrica Archived December 22, 2010, at WebCite
  2. "Zanu PF orders lockdown on vendors". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. "Zimbabwe: ZFTU Expels President". The Herald. Harare. 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2018-11-13 – via AllAfrica.com.
  4. "Zimbabwe: ZFTU General Council Defies Govt Ruling". The Herald. Harare. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2018-11-13 – via AllAfrica.com.
  5. "Govt to improve workers' conditions". The Herald. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  6. "Zimbabwe civic society leaders power hungry – Nehanda Radio". Nehanda Radio. 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  7. "Teachers' union seeks ZFTU bosses' arrest - NewsDay Zimbabwe". www.newsday.co.zw. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. "Employers, labour clash over productivity-linked pay proposal | The Source". source.co.zw. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.


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