Govt supports abuse of workers in Zim, Swaziland � BFTU

Gadzani Mhotsha during briefing.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Gadzani Mhotsha during briefing.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) has expressed worry that Botswana government is supporting the violation of workers’ rights in neighbouring Zimbabwe and Swaziland.

BFTU said that they were shocked when Botswana stood to support the two Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states for violation of workers’ rights at the recent International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

BFTU president Bohithetswe Lentswe said that the governments of both Zimbabwe and Swaziland appeared before the committee of application of standards for violation of right to organise and collective bargaining and right to freedom of association and protection of the right to organise respectively.

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