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    Swaziland’s trade union movement on Thursday rejected proposed amendments to a controversial labour law the parliament was debating and said it would pursue a campaign to force the government to scrap restrictive civic and industrial laws, AFP reported. The Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) said proposed amendments to the Industrial Relations Act, which has already been deemed restrictive by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), made it even more repressive.

    “The act as amended would make the trade unions, their officials and members liable for all losses suffered as a result of industrial action. We reject that,” SFTU secretary general Jan Sithole told AFP. He said the government had responded to demands for the repeal of restrictive clauses in the act by “playing around with words” and making it even sterner.

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