BOPEU changes BURS strike tactics to go-slow
Friday, August 07, 2015

BURS strike
Briefing the media on Wednesday, the BOPEU president, Andrew Motsamai announced that BOPEU met and consulted with the striking workers and agreed on a change of tactics.
“Going forward, we intend to embark on an action short of a strike whereat, the industrial action will assume a combination of a go-slow, a sit in, a work-to-rule approach as well as a two-days once a month of total withdrawal of labour,” said Motsamai.
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