Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions

Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)

Full name	Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
Founded	February 28, 1981
Members	400,000
Country	Zimbabwe
Affiliation	ITUC, CTUC, OATUU
Key people	Morgan Tsvangirai, Former Secretary General Lovemore Matombo, president Isaac Matongo, former Vice-President
Office location	Harare, Zimbabwe
Website	www.zctu.co.zw

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is the dominant central trade union federation in Zimbabwe. The general secretary of ZCTU is Wellington Chibebe and the president is Lovemore Matombo.

ZCTU was formed on February 28, 1981 through the merger of six trade union centres; African Trade Union Congress (ATUC), the National African Trade Union Congress (NATUC), the Trade Union Congress of Zimbabwe (TUCZ), the[United Trade Unions of Zimbabwe (UTUZ), the Zimbabwe Federation of Labour (ZFL) and the Zimbabwe Trade Union Congress (ZTUC).

In the 1990s ZCTU grew increasingly opposed to the government of Robert Mugabe. ZCTU was the main force behind the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change.

ZCTU has 35 affiliated unions. Its director is Godfrey Kanyenze[1], who is also Director for Zimbabwe for the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OBISA,) part of the network of organizations associated with George Soros. A previous director of ZCTU was Morgan Tsvangirai.Jeffrey Mutandare (former President)

ZCTU obtains funding from the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (a successor institution to AIFLD) and the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• ZCTU website