Manual Workers challenges withdrawal of recognition by BURS

Manual Workers Union leader, Motshwarakgole
Manual Workers Union leader, Motshwarakgole

The National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU) says the withdrawal of recognition by the Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) poses a great danger to the members as their bargaining power becomes limited.

The Union that was on Tuesday afternoon before Court of Appeal (CoA) Justice Monametsi Gaongalelwe appealing judgement made by the Industrial Court end of 2016, said without the recognition, members are the ones who would suffer the most as the employer can change the terms of employment anytime.

The Industrial Court had dismissed the urgency of the matter in which the union was challenging the decision by BURS to withdraw its recognition as a bargaining party at the workplace.

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