Almost 700 workers at Bata shoe manufacturing company in Gweru are believed to have formed a new Zimbabwe Footwear Tanning and Allied Workers’ Union (ZFTAWU).

These workers were previously part of the Zimbabwe Leather Shoe and Allied Workers’ Union (ZLSAWU) but have alleged that the union had not been transparent about its use of funds.

ZFTAWU spokesperson Martin Tazvivinga told News Day Zimbabwe: “Six hundred and ninety-seven Bata employees have resigned their membership with ZLSAWU to join ZFTAWU.

"This is literally almost the whole of Bata and we are not going back as we intend to expand to other leather-related industries countrywide in a membership recruitment drive."

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