Mine Workers Union fights for recognition

BMWU members FILE PIC
BMWU members FILE PIC

Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) is fighting for recognition as a substantive union representing employees for one of the largest bricks making company in the country, Makoro Brick and Tile.

The union has taken the long-serving Makoro to court seeking recognition in order to better negotiate for the employees who are currently facing a retrenchment and restructuring exercise.

In the latest court proceedings, the union alleges that despite having at least one third of the company’s employees as its members, the company is refusing to recognise it.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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