UB employees down tools on Monday
Friday, February 03, 2023 | 7910 Views |

Demostrations
According to a document from the Gaborone District Labour Office signed by representatives of the union and the University of Botswana (UB) yesterday (Thursday). The industrial action will begin from February 6 to 10.
“The union will apply the 'no pay no work' rule. It warrants that the union members on strike shall not be obliged to teach, supervise, research, reinstate laboratory sessions, learning management systems sessions, or any teaching and learning components, and any support systems associated therewith constituting the curriculum that would have been missed during the strike and such learning content shall remain forfeited,” reads documents from the labour office.
The University of Botswana Staff Union (UBSU) in alliance with UBASSU in November handed over a petition to the Minister of Education and Skills Development Dr Douglas Letsholathebe. During the handing over of the petition, the unions said in the petition the unions were asking for a 15% pay increase across the board effective from April, or 7.5 percent plus incorporation of allowances into the basic salary if the 15% is too steep.
This comes after the two unions boycotted the 2022 examinations and the university's 40th-anniversary celebrations.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...