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Court halts Bargaining Council activities

Manual workers. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Manual workers. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Efforts to revive collective bargaining in the public service have suffered a fresh setback. Last week, the High Court in Maun ordered that the activities of the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC) be suspended pending the determination of a legal challenge brought by the National Amalgamated Local and Government Central and Parastatal Workers Union or Manual Workers Union.

The interim order was granted on Friday after the parties consented to halt the operations of the PSBC until the court had ruled on the matter.

Manual Workers Union has taken the Attorney General, representing government, together with six trade unions to court, challenging the validity of the PSBC constitution, arguing that the framework under which the bargaining council is operating is legally questionable.

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