Workers brace for May Day :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), an umbrella body of trade unions in the country, will hold a series of activities to mark May Day tomorrow. It said Botswana will join the international community in commemorating Workers' Day, whose theme this year is "Fair Trade and Respect for Trade Union Rights Critical Imperatives for Decent Work and Decent life".

BFTU said in a statement released in Gaborone yesterday that this theme was carefully chosen by focusing on the current global challenges facing employees, governments as well as the International Labour Organisation (ILO). These challenges call for a reassessment of strategies to improve the welfare of the worker across the globe.

"The globalisation of world trade has brought with it difficulties within the world of work, resulting in the introduction of unpleasant conditions of work in some instances.

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