Morgan Tsvangirai

Morgan Tsvangirai (more-gan chang-ir-ai) (born March 10, 1952) is a Zimbabwean politician and trade unionist, and the leader and founder of the Movement for Democratic Change, the opposition party in Zimbabwe.

Trade Union politics

Tsvangirai became branch chairman of the Associated Mine Workers Union and was later elected into the executive of the National Mine Workers Union, and in 1988 he became the Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the largest trade union organization in the country.

Related Topics:
1988 - Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions

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In 1989 he was imprisoned for six weeks on charges of being a South African spy. He has also been a victim of premeditated and government inspired harassment and violence. There have been three attempts to assassinate him, including an attempt in 1997 where unknown assailants burst into his office and tried to throw him out of a tenth-story window.

Related Topics:
1989 - South Africa - 1997 - Throw him out of a tenth-story window

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In 1997, he organized ZCTU strikes.

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