Builders World employees finally unionise

Builders’ World Mochudi workers have finally been unionised after the Botswana Wholesale, Furniture and Retail Workers Union (BWFRWU) dragged the company to the Labour Department over its refusal to grant recognition.

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.

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