BOPEU denies violating strike rules

Burs employees on strike.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Burs employees on strike.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) has denied accusations of unlawful breach of strike, picketing and lockout rules agreed between the union and Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS).

BOPEU secretary general Topias Marenga was responding to a charge of breach of strike rules levelled against them by BURS management.   He said the union officials were at the headquarters’ assembly point on Friday the whole day and never witnessed any unlawful act.  The allegations are contained in a letter the BURS management wrote BOPEU Monday accusing its members of unlawful breach of strike,

The management said on July 24, 2015 at or about 4:30pm, a number of BOPEU members who were on strike embarked on unlawful picketing at the BURS head office.

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