Botswana Can Learn From South Africa On Cordial Relations With Labour Movement

They draft many of these policies and conditions of service. In fact they initiate them, lobby for their adoption and go as far as helping government to implement the suggestions, not only for public service workers, but for the entire labour force of a country.

As such in many of these developed countries, the Labour movement has come to be embraced by their governments as the guiding light, as reservoirs of knowledge and advise on pertinent labor issues. What is interesting is that the Labour Movement in these developed countries is not seen as a rival force by their governments, but as an integral part of their democracy and decision-making.