COSATU stirs up unions for Choppies

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) this week sealed a deal forming a new union to represent Choppies’ 6,400-plus workforce, more than 80 percent of whom, they say, are not unionised.

Choppies – which is the country’s top employer – has reportedly agreed to allow the BFTU and representatives of the new Botswana Commerce and Allied Workers Union to enter its 67 stores countrywide and recruit members into the new organisation.

The revelations, which emerged from meetings between COSATU, BFTU and Choppies’ executive management on Tuesday, follow labour unrest in Mafikeng where scores of workers were axed or suspended for allegedly stealing.

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