WORKERS TRANSFORMATION AGENDA Through influencing policy

1. WORKERS TRANSFORMATION AGENDA Through influencing policy Vimbai E.M.Z. Mushongera Parliament Affairs and Advocacy Officer vimbai.zinyama@zctu.co.zw Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

2. Background • From dirigisme to Washington consensus • Beyond ESAP – Programme to Democratise ZIM- • Celebrate the means and not the ends • 1996 Resolved to organise informal economy workers Research and Establishing structures • 1997 Hosted working people’s convention – NCA, CRISIS COALITION, ZIMRIGHTS • 2001 Established informal economy desk • ZCIEA • LEDRIZ • Legal Department • Parliament and Advocacy program Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

3. ZIMBABWE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS • ZCTU currently has 362 000 • ZCIEA Membership 873 000 • Potential Voters in the Country 3Million /14m Numbers are Essential for influencing policy Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

4. Zimbabwe Power StructureAnalysis of the power structure • 71 Ministers 650 Polling Station Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

5. Mapping of your areaZimbabwe political structure Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

6. Economic Situation • Dollarisation left more than 70% of population unbanked • 90% Informal economy activities • Real wages back to 1973 - • Employers not paying salaries and pension houses not honoring obligations • Social safety nets still a major challenge • Labour Market- Labour relations still akin to colonial times –Chinese , Indigenous employers, 75 000 ghost workers Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

7. Political Situation • Elections on the horizon • Dead GNU – SADC still playing some accommodation politics • Deflective and Negotiated constitution • Petrified electorate - Violence • Undermining of Organisedlabour – ZCTU • Uniformed forces that are partisan • Populist Policies • Newly discovered resources (Diamonds ) our demise • Selective application of the law • Wikleaks – ZANUPF demise and MDC strengthening Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

8. p- PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY STRATEGIES Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

9. Workers public policy & advocacy program Justice without power is useless, Power without justice is tyrannical, Failure to empower what is just is to make what is strong legitmate Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

10. ZIMBABWE MAPPING STRATEGY ZCTU has 6 Regional offices has 34 districts Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

11. ZCTU ADVOCACY STRATEGY Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

12. ZCTU Public Policy & Advocacy Strategy- Structure Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

13. Rights Based Approach Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

14. ProgrammING ISSUES Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

15. ENABLERS Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers

16. Enablers for a New Zimbabwe • People driven constitution • Country Decent Work Plan –Beyond the Enclave • Public sector reform & labour law reform • Transformative transitional justice • Discrimination • Unjustified violence ,killings and destruction of property • Arbitrary arrest • Forced evictions • Creation of a social protection floor • Redistributive, Productive, • Dealing with country risk factors • Institutional Capacity building of Actors • Truly independent Human Rights, Media, Anti Corruption , Zimbabwe Electoral Commission & TR commissions Solidarity Center Conference on Informal Economy Workers