TAWU, BOGOWU win round one against DPSM

In a hearing held on Friday, Sam Leero, a part-time mediator/arbitrator, ruled that the registration of the PSBC constitution be suspended, thus saving the two unions from being excluded from the bargaining process.

Last Monday, five unions and the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) reached an agreement and signed the final amended PSBC constitution. But TAWU and BOGOWU, the only remaining affiliates of Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) in the public service registered a dispute at the Commissioner of Labour's office over the constitution. The other  matters in the dispute were employers' representatives who hold trade union membership; favouritism; and exclusion of TAWU and BOGOWU from the completion and signing of the PSBC constitution.