Federations seek to address MPs

The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) and Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) have written to the Speaker of the National Assembly seeking to address legislators on the contentious Trade Disputes Bill.

In the July 7, 2015 letter to the Speaker, the two federation secretary generals Gadzani Mhotsha and Tobokani Rari stated that,  “The purpose of this address is to seek to engage them on the trade disputes Bill, 2015  that  would be discussed in the current seating of parliament.  There are provisions in the Bill that we believe if they are allowed to pass as they are they will be against the wishes of workers whom we represent and will go a long way in depriving them fundamental rights such as the right to strike.”

The union federations want the parliamentarians to know and understand their point of view on this Bill, as they would deliberate on it and subsequently decide on it.

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