Hotel strike looming

The employees, through their union, Botswana Hotel Travel and Tourism Workers Union have told Mmegi that wage negotiations between the two parties have reached a deadlock.

Executive officer of the union, Nicholas Motiki revealed that this week they wrote to the commissioner of labour to inform her of their intention to go on industrial action, "Which is in line with the Memorandum of Agreement signed by the two parties (union and Cresta Marakanelo), which is also in line with the Trade Dispute Act," he said.