Union challenges BotswanaPost 'divisive' offer

When BotswanaPost announced early this month that it would give its workers a whopping 12-percent increase and increase their pensions from 11 to 15 percent with immediate effect, it sounded like manna from heaven for some.

The BotswanaPost offer, which Mmegi is in possession of, states that outstanding performer will get a 12-percent salary increase, a very good performers a 10-percent increase, and a good performer will get 8 percent, an average performer will get a 6-percent salary increase, while a poor one will get no increment at all.

Enter the Botswana Postal Services Workers Union. The union has discovered something fishy about the BotswanaPost offer: it is for non-unionionised members only.

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