How BOPEU dumped joint agreement with BOFEPUSU
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
BOPEU at Industrial court.PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Last week, the court learnt that BOPEU through its secretary general, Topias Marenga, wrote to the Director of Public Service Management, Ruth Maphorisa, requesting for the total unionised membership numbers under the employ of the DPSM.
BOPEU has taken the four public sector unions and Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) to court challenging the membership of the federation in the Public Sector Bargaining Council (PSBC).
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...