TUC Aid Appeal: Zimbabwean trade unions need our help right now

TUC Aid Appeal: Zimbabwean trade unions need our help right now

Dear International Devlopment Matters newsletter subscribers.

TUC Aid is running this appeal https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tucaid-zimbabwe for trade unionists in Zimbabwe to help raise £5,000 to support local unions’ work to support ordinary Zimbabweans’ rights during these worrying times. With 93 year old President Robert Mugabe refusing to stand down and the Zanu PF ruling party in disarray, the army has staged a Coup d’Etat.

The international union movement’s solidarity with Zimbabwe’s workers is critical right now. Can you help us raise £5,000 to support local unions’ work to support ordinary Zimbabweans’ rights at a dangerous time?

We’re aiming to raise £5,000 as quickly as possible to help the Zimbabwean trade union movement, the ZCTU’s vital work of consulting their branches right around the country, find out what’s happening on the ground, support local activists and develop an action plan for the movement in these crucial days. This may seem like normal union business, but this is a large and very poor country and these are dangerous times.

A little bit of money goes a long way in Zimbabwe right now. This is time critical.  Please give as much or as little as you can and don’t underestimate how much your contribution makes.

Details on how to make a donation is here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tucaid-zimbabwe

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