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Economic crisis fuels Labor Day unrest

WORKERS SPEAK: From Germany to South Korea, Zimbabwe to Mexico City, rallies drew hundreds of thousands of people to protest deteriorating economic conditions

AFP , BERLIN

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told about 7,000 people that the unity government cannot meet union demands for higher salaries.

“This government is broke,” Tsvangirai said. “We are only able to pay you allowances. All of us from President [Robert] Mugabe to government workers are earning a hundred dollars.”

Zimbabwe’s Congress of Trade Unions has threatened to strike unless wages are increased radically.

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