Fury as 5,000 jobs vanish at BCL, Tati

Saturday, May 21, 2016

The Botswana Mine Workers Union is today consulting legal counsel with a view to challenging Wednesdays decision by BCL Ltd liquidator, Nigel Dixon-Warren to terminate 5,000 jobs at BCL and Tati Nickel mines.

On Tuesday, the Union wrote a letter requesting a meeting with Dixon-Warren over the retrenchment agreement that had been in place with BCL Mine. Surprisingly, on Wednesday, Dixon-Warren wrote directly to workers informing them that their contracts would end on October 31 with their last salaries.

BCL Ltd owns BCL Mine, which employs about 4,300 workers, as well as Tati Nickel, with about 700 workers.

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Fury as 5,000 jobs vanish at BCL, Tati

The Botswana Mine Workers Union is today consulting legal counsel with a view to challenging Wednesdays decision by BCL Ltd liquidator, Nigel Dixon-Warren to terminate 5,000 jobs at BCL and Tati Nickel mines.

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