Report slams state-trade union �master-servant� relationship

A study by University of Botswana (UB) academics has found that the relationship between the state and trade unions is akin to that of ‘master-servant’.

In this ‘master-servant’ relationship, the state dominates and trade unions are relegated to a lesser partner in the employment relationship. 

This has been revealed in a report by the Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC) in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung. 

Editor's Comment
Violence doesn't solve anything!

Our weekly edition carries painful articles of people being murdered. Whilst some are classified as Gender Based Violence (GBV), there are still a large percentage of murder cases, which often happen at drinking spots, after people are heavily intoxicated. We have in the past carried articles where an individual was murdered because they refused to give someone a cigarette, and sadly this is where we are at now!In this very edition, there is an...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up