Ericsson retrenchments unsettle BOFEPUSU
Friday, May 29, 2020
Ericsson retrenchments unsettle BOFEPUSU
About 20 of Ericsson (AB Botswana) workers are locked in a tug of war with management over their ‘unfair dismissal’ that the Department of Labour has been called to arbitrate.
The case was supposed to have been heard on April 29, 2020, but was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...