Labour Day exposes BOPEU, BOFEPUSU fissures

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Motshegwa

FRANCISTOWN: The widening gap between the Botswana Federation of Public Private Parastatals Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) and Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) will be more pronounced on the Labour Day.

Until a year ago, BOPEU was a member of BOFEPUSU, a federation comprising four public sector trade Unions, the Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU), Botswana Land Boards, Local Authorities and Health Workers’ Union (BLLAHWU) and National Amalgamated, Central, Local and Parastatal Manual Workers Union (NACLPMWU).

Under both BOFEPUSU and BOPEU, there are admitted trade Union members from parastatals and the private sector.

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