Builders World employees finally unionise
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Employees had alleged that their employer was denying them unionisation in order to cover industrial wrongdoing.
Management at the branch, however, denied that any effort had been made to seek recognition. BWFRWU national organising secretary, Quanch Kewagamang, said the union met with a senior World Group executive at the labour offices in Mochudi, where an agreement was reached to sign an agreement.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...