[Civsoc-mw] Fw: [NYASANET] LABOUR DAY SPECIAL: History of Trade Unions, Malawi

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 2018 LABOUR DAY SUPPLEMENT 1: The History of Trade Unions in Malawi.

 The history of organized labour in Malawi goes back as far as 1945 when the first trade union or workers’ organisation, the Transport and General Workers Union, initially called Magalimoto, was set up by two truck drivers cum politicians by the names of Lawrence Makata and Lali Lubani…

…Other prominent trade union leaders like Winston Chisiza were brutally murdered in the wake of cabinet crisis of 1964, while some renowned trade unionists like Susgo Msiska, Charles Msiska, Stuart Nkolokosa, Kelly Zidana and Chakufwa Chihana among others successfully fled into exile.

Where as some trade union leaders and members who remained in the country faced detentions without trial for sympathizing with the dissident cabinet ministers in the wake of cabinet crisis of 1964, other trade unionists were cunningly co-opted into the apparatus of the state as a means of muzzling the trade union movement.

For instance, Richard Sembeleka who earlier on had served as Secretary General for Malawi Railways Workers Union, became the Minister of Labor in 1965.

Nyemba Mbekeani who was once the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress of Nyasaland (TUCN), was appointed Malawi’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom where John Ngwiri, another figure with trade union work experience at both local and international level, was deployed as his counsellor. John Ngwiri later in 1985 was dismissed from the civil service having served for 10 years as Chief Secretary in the Office of President and Cabinet (head of civil service)…

For the full article, please visit this link:

 

http://www.aihnews.com/2018-labour-day-supplement-1-the-history-of-trade-unions-in-malawi/


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