Labour opposes govt pension plans

Two of the country's labour unions have rallied to oppose proposals by government to create a single payment system that would see pension contributions meant for NSSA being collected by Zimra.

The ZCTU and ZFTU, which have long been polarized, have put their differences aside to unite against what they called a "class struggle" they claim would be costly to pensioners.

Both unions are set to tackle government, which is spearheading the proposals through the Office of the President and Cabinet.

The plan is being viewed as an attempt to widen government's revenue collection base to fund recurrent expenditure.

What has riled the unions is that government already owes NSSA in excess of $100 million in unremitted dues.