Zambia Congress of Trade Unions
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is the dominant umbrella organization of trade unions in Zambia .
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions was founded in 1965. Its headquarters are in Oxford Street, Baynards Building, Kitwe . The following individual trade unions belong to it:
- Airways and Allied Workers Union
- Alliance for Zambia Informal Economy Association
- Bankers Union of Zambia
- Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia
- Copper Belt Academic Workers Union of Zambia
- Copper Belt University and Allied Workers Union
- Copper Belt University Senior Administration, Professors and Technical Staff Union
- Gemstone and Allied Workers Union of Zambia
- Grain and Meat Workers Union of Zambia
- Health Workers Union of Zambia
- Hotel, Catering, Tourism and Allied Workers Union of Zambia
- Judicial and Allied Workers Union of Zambia
- Mine Contractors and Allied Workers Union
- Mine Workers Union of Zambia
- National Energy Sector and Allied Workers Union
- National Road Sector Agencies and Allied Workers Union of Zambia
- National Union Building Engineering and General Workers
- National Union for Communication Workers
- National Union for Public Service Workers
- National Union of Aviation and Allied Workers
- National Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers
- National Union of Plantation and Agriculture Workers
- National Union of Public Service Workers
- National Union of Technical Lecturers and Allied Workers
- Petroleum and Allied Workers Union
- Professional Teachers Union of Zambia
- Railways Workers Union of Zambia
- Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia
- United Home and Domestic Workers Union of Zambia
- United Truck Drivers and Allied Workers Union of Zambia
- University of Zambia and Allied Workers Union
- Workers Union of Tazara
- Zambia Bureau of Standards Workers Union
- Zambia Bus and Taxi Workers Union
- Zambia Graphical and Allied Workers Union
- Zambia National Union of Health and Allied Workers
- Zambia National Union of Teachers
- Zambia Revenue Authority Workers Union
- Zambia Unified Union of Tourism and Hospitality
- Zambia Union of Building, Engineering and General Workers
- Zambia Union of Government and Allied Workers
- Zambia Union of Journalists
- Zambia Union of Nurses Organization
- Zambia Union of Security Officers and Allied Workers
- Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation .
Fackson Shamenda was president from 1991 to 2002, and Leonard Choongo Hikaumba since 2002 .
The general secretaries were Alec Chirwa from 1991 to 1998 and Sylvester Tembo from November 2002 .
286,000 members (1997) are organized in the trade unions. In 1990 there were 356,000. The number of members decreased with the number of formal employees, which decreased from 527,000 in 1990 to 472,000 in 1997. Only 11 percent of the working population in Zambia were formally employed in 2000 and 89 percent were informally.
The organization was instrumental in the overthrow of the dictator Kenneth Kaunda and the democratization of Zambia. Its 1974-1991 chairman, Frederick Chiluba , became the first free-elected President of Zambia after Kaunda. Newstead Zimba was Secretary General under him.
In 2002 it was
- the minimum wage is US $ 0.07 per hour
- the maximum regular working time was 48 hours a week, most workers had a 40-hour week,
- the minimum age for employment was 16 years
- PAYE tax system (Pay as you earn) collects 40 percent for incomes higher than US $ 500 per month.
- the informal sector knows child labor.
The role of the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) is unclear. Its seat is Lusaka, its president Joyce Nonde.
Web links
- ILO to ZCTU
- ZCTU on formal and informal employment in Zambia in 2000 ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Workers in the informal economy 2004 ( Memento from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )