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Mass action threatened

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened mass action over an AIDS tax introduced by the government.

    ZCTU charges that the three percent income tax on individuals and companies introduced in January puts an unfair strain on already hard pressed Zimbabweans, news reports said. The labour body warned that industrial action would follow unless the government agreed to open talks with the unions and anti-AIDS groups.

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