Victorious BURS workers resume go-slow

Last week, the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) won an interim interdict setting aside a contentious ‘commitment letter’ the BURS had gotten striking employees to sign. The letter forbade workers from being on a go-slow or interfering otherwise with the tax agency’s smooth running.

BOPEU argued that BURS had coerced workers into signing the letter – and thus effectively abandoning their strike – by threatening them with a lock-out from their offices.