A day of action to protect the right to strike
Friday, February 20, 2015
Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), an affiliate of ITUC, joins all workers across the world in this campaign to protect workers’ fundamental right to strike.
The campaign involves, among other things, soliciting for Government support to protect the right to strike and secondly to get support for the dispute on the right to strike to be resolved speedily by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). BFTU has so far written to the Government of Botswana to solicit support as mentioned above and also Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) to get their stand on this matter.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...