The disgruntled workers told The Zimbabwean that that they were unfairly dismissed unfair as some of them had served the local authority for a long time.
“We have approached the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers Union (ZUCWU) which is helping us with the matter which is in the courts of law,” said one worker.
According to a submission by workers to the Labour court, they complained that they were never made to sign contracts which automatically made them permanent employees by default as stipulated by the Labour Act section 12 paragraph 3.
In its submission, Mutare city council argued that workers were on fixed term contracts that had expired by the time of employment termination.
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