The ICFTU said his dismissal was arbitrary and politically motivated.
The ZCTU leader was allegedly dismissed from his position at Zimbabwe Post (Zimpost) for attending an international trade union gathering in Sudan.
Matombo was reportedly in the Sudanese capital to take part in a congress of the Khartoum-based Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU).
Matombo was accused by his employers of being absent from work without official permission, yet the ZCTU, and Union Network International, have maintained that they both confirmed that Lovemore Matombo had fulfilled standard procedures for gaining leave to attend the Khartoum meeting.
Matombo is also President of Cazwuz, a Zimbabwe UNI-affiliate.
In a letter addressed to the Zimbabwean Minister for Labour, the ICFTU General Secretary Guy Ryder said, "This succession of events strongly suggests that Matombo was in fact fired under pressure from the Zimbabwe Post Board, itself acting on political instructions".
The ICFTU called for an immediate reinstatement of Lovemore Matombo to his position at Zimpost, and also warned the Zimbabwean government that failure to take urgent action to reinstate Matombo would result in a formal complaint to the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO) and a mobilisation of the international labour movement.
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