Botswana to appear before ILO
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) told a press conference yesterday that they were fed up with the government coming up with laws defying the ILO conventions. “We are worried that the government is moving aggressively and swiftly to amend all labour statutes; we are regressing instead of improving,” BOFEPUSU secretary general TobokaniRari said.
Rari said the government sits on the ILO governing body and should be obeying ILO conventions, but they are moving in a different direction. The federation is aggrieved by amongst other things, the Trade Dispute Bill, which seeks to make teachers and many other civil servants essential service providers.
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