Zambia Congress of Trade Unions
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Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is the dominant central trade union
federation in Zambia
. ZCTU was founded in 1965. It has 33 affiliated unions.
Frederick Chiluba
was Chairman-General of ZCTU 1974-1991. Today the president is Leonard Choongo Hikaumba and the Secretary General is Roy Mwaba.
The ZCTU is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation
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Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
federation in Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. ZCTU was founded in 1965. It has 33 affiliated unions.
Frederick Chiluba
Frederick Chiluba
Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba was a Zambian politician who was the second President of Zambia from 1991 to 2002. Chiluba, a trade union leader, won the country's multi-party presidential election in 1991 as the candidate of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy , defeating long-time President...
was Chairman-General of ZCTU 1974-1991. Today the president is Leonard Choongo Hikaumba and the Secretary General is Roy Mwaba.
The ZCTU is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
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