BMWU moves on as wage talks end
Thursday, June 19, 2014
TNMC public relations manager Tebogo Rapitsenyane said that their management has decided that the protracted wage negotiations with Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) have been concluded. “The parties had been locked in negotiations since May 2013 and that included a series of both private and government mediations,” he stated.
He said that on June 2 the parties concluded their negotiations with a multi-year agreement on salaries and conditions of service for two financial years of 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.
The Member of Parliament is warning that patients suffering from chronic conditions continue to face potentially life-threatening interruptions to their treatment because of unreliable access to medicines.Amid the shortages, many Batswana have been left with no choice but to look for other treatment alternatives such as herbs, with many not having had been scientifically tested for effectiveness.Medications for hypertension, diabetes, heart...