TO STRIKE OR NOT?
By Kizito Makoye
The new labour laws to be implemented soon will make it increasingly difficult for workers to exercise the right to strike because conditions imposed are too stringent.
The Employment and Labour Relations Act, No.6 of 2004 pending to be gazetted, gives workers the right to strike on disputes of interests on the one hand, and indirectly denies it on the other.
Section 75 of the Act gives employees the right to strike but the right should be in line with limitations stated below, which observers say are too severe. The proposed striker or strikers should not be: • Engaged in an essential service.
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Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume (L) greeting Mbeya residents on his arrival at Mbeya Airport, where he took part in the closing ceremony of the Nane Nane celebration exhibition on Monday. (Photo by courtesy of Zanzibar State House).

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