Zimbabwe: Council Fires Ten Over Illegal Strike

19 December 2012

Chitungwiza Town Council has fired 10 workers for engaging in an "illegal strike". The hearing committee approved dismissal of the 10 workers who are part of more than 700 workers suspended early this month after Labour Court declared the collective job action illegal.

The disciplinary hearings have however, torched a storm with the workers' representatives who are contesting the manner in which they were being conducted.

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