Workers reject govt May Day proposal

Workers have rejected government's proposal to host this years may day celebration saying they would rather be with opposition political parties.

On Wednesday labour minister Prisca Mupfumira announced that Gvt would host workers day commemorations as it seeks to re-establish links with the few working people in a country with an unemployment rate of over 80 percent.

Zimbabwe congress of trade unions president Japheth Moyo said that his organisation had no intention of abandoning its planned programme to commemorate May Day.

He said ZCTU would commemorate the day with workers at 17 centres countrywide with the main event being held at Gwanzura stadium, the traditional venue. Govt has invited both ZCTU and the Zimbabwe Federation Of Trade Unions to attend the joint celebrations.

Workers have very little to celebrate at this year's Workers' Day commemorations on Sunday as the Zanu-PF government has run down the economy, with the majority of able-bodied people now vendors and loafers, opposition political parties and analysts have said. 

Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T born in 1999 out of the labour movement said Zimbabwe should actually rebrand Workers' Day to Vendors' Day.

MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said on Wednesday there was really nothing to celebrate or commemorate other than taking note of the depressing scenario that the Zanu-PF regime had reneged on its promise to create 2,2 million jobs.