Union takes war to Unitrans

Representative of the truckers, Botswana Transport and Allied Workers Union (BOTRAWU), says since their recognition in April 2014 they have never had harmonised relations with management as a collective bargaining agent.

According to the union’s acting secretary general Albert Simanyana, they acquired recognition through mediation brought about after a dispute with the company. “We had an overwhelming number of the workforce endorsing our union at the time of the recognition application over the incumbent union, which we found smeared with allegations of tending to be a stooge for the company,” he said.