A Zimbabwean trade union takes a first step towards establishing a worker cooperative for its unemployed members
Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) has taken the first steps towards the establishment of a worker cooperative which will provide employment opportunities for its members who lost their jobs in 2015.

ZIBAWU has opted for the worker cooperative model for its effectiveness in contributing towards a fairer society and more democratic workplaces where workers have a say in decision-making and benefit economically through having an equitable share of the surplus. “…we want to bring a new model in a fairer society and work place which is more democratic where workers work for themselves, share profit equitably with decent employment and decent salaries,” Mr Mutasa, the General Secretary of ZIBAWU said.
