Govt negotiated in bad faith says UB lecturer

University of Botswana lecturer, Daniel Molaodi has said the government came out badly in the salary dispute with public services employees which culminated in an eight weeks industrial strike.

Speaking in an interview, Molaodi, who is a lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, pointed out that the manner which government dealt with the workers leaves much to be desired. 

Molaodi said while government had shown willingness to negotiate with the workers union from the onset, President Ian Khama was going around making pronouncements that could have an impact on the negotiations. This he said brought a strain into the negotiations, adding that government was negotiating in bad faith. The UB lecturer said the pronouncements that Khama was making, were some of the issues that hardened the union's stand.

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