Dismissed for joining the union

When, in September 2021, the trade union National Mining Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NMWUZ) checked to find out why the Chinese mining company Zhong Jian Investments had not been remitting union dues to it from its members, it discovered that of the 50 new members who joined the union in 2019, only 18 were still in employment. The rest had been dismissed. The union tried to engage with the company’s human resources manager to find out more, but to no avail. NMWUZ is now taking legal action.