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Union-State Relations in Zimbabwe: An Assessment of the Changing Relationship Between Trade Unions and the State

In: Employee Relations and Trade Unions in Africa

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  • Zedias Mutema

    (Aston University)

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There has been an increasing debate regarding the relationship between the state and unions and how this relationship tends to affect employment relationships in the changing business environment. However, within the African context, little is known about this union-state relationship despite being one of the crucial factors affecting labour employment in Africa, particularly Zimbabwe. Consequently, this chapter explored the changing relationship between trade unions and the state, using Zimbabwe as a study context. The chapter highlighted the challenge of defining and theorising trade unions, engaged in a critical discussion of the framework of state-union relations in Zimbabwe, considered the role of trade unions as civil society, and the contested role of the West and the issue of trade union involvement in politics and political alliances.

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  • Zedias Mutema, 2023. "Union-State Relations in Zimbabwe: An Assessment of the Changing Relationship Between Trade Unions and the State," Springer Books, in: Chima Mordi & Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi & Olatunji David Adekoya (ed.), Employee Relations and Trade Unions in Africa, chapter 3, pages 49-70, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-26825-0_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26825-0_3
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