FUZ is irked by the decision by the Zifa Board to go ahead with the drafting of national team players contracts in which the players ended up receiving US$30 as allowance per day while in camp for the Nations Cup qualifier against Cape Verde last year.
In a report titled “Overview of the 2010 Season and Forthcoming Season Expectations to Football” to the mother body, FUZ said it should be involved in the drafting of the national team contracts. FUZ is an affiliate of Zifa and has voting rights.
“The Union wrote a letter regarding national team contracts and was advised that its input would be taken into consideration, but contracts were drawn without our contribution. The Union is discouraged by this development and will be engaging Zifa on the need to redraft contracts.
“Issues involving players cannot be handled by Zifa alone without our participation and the Union will not stand by the sidelines when players’ contributions are not taken on board.
“We appreciate the mandate of the association in administering football in Zimbabwe and we hopes that Zifa also acknowledges the mandate of the Union to represent players’ issues. FUZ hope to see an improved working relationship in the new year (2011) on all national teams’ player issues,” FUZ wrote.
The document, which was also copied to the Premier Soccer League, touched on cases of indiscipline, labour unrests and referees.
The document also sighted a number of labour cases that dogged the league last season. These cases were handled without the union being informed. “Zifa and PSL must take not that FUZ is a registered trade union and players are now protected by the labour law of this country. Employers must be ready for “HONEST” negotiations with the union to avoid embarrassing situations which might bring disgrace to the league,” FUZ said. They suggested that the union be engaged in all issues that affect players before implementation.
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FUZ castigated the idea of home teams paying match officials at half-time saying it compromises outcomes of a number of matches.
“PSL must take over the responsibility and remit payment direct into officials’ bank accounts within two days from the match day. Failure to pay referees in time has also contributed to some of the challenges we are currently faced with and the league has to protect its reputation so as to attract sponsors;” FUZ said.
