Experts hail BOFEPUSU charter

Tshukudu PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Tshukudu PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The world over, social scientists are of the view that it would be a fallacy to divorce trade unions from politics in a democratic set up. Hence, experts hail The Botswana Federation of Public Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) for launching its workers’ charter. Mmegi Correspondent, LEBOGANG MOSIKARE writes

FRANCISTOWN: When launching the charter, president of BOFEPUSU, Johannes Tshukudu explained that not only is the instrument about the relationship between trade unions in Botswana and the government, but it is a document that discusses a wide range of political, social and economic factors that affect various actors.

Social scientists, especially trade unionism experts are of the view that democracy is based on a broad range of interventions and dialogues that sustain a more civic and open set of relations between competing interests in the economy.

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