HARARE - Wellington Chibebe Police in Mutare and Kwekwe imposed a ban on processions to mark the celebrated May Day when workers reflect on their labour and also air freely their demands. Chibebe said that as a union his organisation does not need the permission of the police to carry out processions .
“We are a trade union and we are allowed to march when we want to and we don’t have to seek permission to do so instead we just notify them,” said Chibebe. Last month in Bulawayo the police arrested members of ZCTU in Bulawayo as they marched in commemorating mother’s day.
And Chibebe says that banning rallies and arrests of workers are only but a demonstration that the country has relapsed into a police state. “It is not police business to interfere with trade union work. Such actions show that we are now a police state. We are going to take corrective measures so that our workers are not prohibited from marching to mark this crucial event
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