BFTU agonises over risk of workforce abuses in SoE
Thursday, April 16, 2020
This comes after government published new regulations meant to guide the six-month SOE. The new regulations meant the proposal to suspend Part VI of the Trade Dispute Act, which provides for the right to strike and lockout, is approved.
BFTU Secretary General Thusang Butale said the federation holds a strong view against the suspension of the right to strike, which is a fundamental one, is unwarranted and unnecessary at this point and could lead to escalated abuse of workers during the SOE.
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