At the handover ceremony in Gaborone skipped by the management, Maiketswane said CITF managers defied orders to appear before the labour office without giving valid reasons. Speaking at the CITF boardroom, he said managers told the union officials that they have been instructed not to appear before labour arbitrators but judges of the Industrial Court only. "They could not respect the collective bargaining labour agreement signed in May 2012 in which the institute (CITF) had agreed to always consult with the union for the purpose of negotiating," he said.
Maiketswane faulted CITF for failure to comply and interpret the human resource manual policy, which has resulted in a number of disputes.However, he hailed management for the normalisation of employees pension fund in April this year. Apparently, the CITF has not been contributing the 15 percent agreed upon by the two parties since 2001, opting for 10 percent instead. There are eight pending labour cases against CITF to date.New CITF-TAWU chairperson, Robert Seleke called on union members to work cordially with management and play an active role towards encouraging workers to fully apply themselves. Instead of existing for the sole purpose of complaining against management, he said complacency and absenteeism must be discouraged among members."We shouldn't be synonymous with strikes and salary hike demands alone. We ought to promote responsibility among members," he said.
