for its improvement. Indeed, true discipline in a workplace should
be easier when the workers understand what they are doing, what
their objective is, and when they know that they have oontnbuted
to the final result as fully respected partners. | ~

5. This means that, quite apart from the workers’ committees % <
which now exist, and which discuss conditions of service, war-
nings, and dismissals of workers, etc., there must be provision for
the workers to be represented on bodies which consider matters of
production, sales, and the general organisation of the enterprise. It
has therefore been decided that all parastatal organisations shall,
as soon as possible and in any case not later than the end of 1970,
establish Workers’ Councils, and shall establish or re- -establish
their Executive Committees and Boards of Directors so as to give
practical effect to workers’ representation and participation in
planning, productivity, quality, and marketing matters. VThese new
Workers' Councils do not affect the existence or the functions of |
the Workers' Committees. Their job is very different: it is to fur-
ther industrial democracy in relation to the economic functions of
the enterprise, and give the workers a greater and more direct
responsibility in production. It is in other words, intended that the
new Workers’ Councils, and the reconstituted Executive Com- L‘
mittees and Boards of Directors, shall contribute to the general
welfare of our nation by helping the efficiency and the ef-
fectiveness of our public enterprise. They will do this by ensuring |
that all workers in these enterprises understand and accept the
practical implications of their responsibility to their fellow workers
and peasants in other sectors of the Tanzanian economy.

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6. The functions and the constitution of these bodies will be as
follows:—

Workers’ Councils
7. Every Public Corporation or firm employing more than ten
workers shall establish a Workers' Council which shall be con-
stituted as follows:

(@ A TANU Chairman of the Branch established at the

business.

(b) The Manager or the General Manager.

(c) Al Heads of Departments or Sections.

(d) All Members of the Workers’ Committee.

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