Botswana Media Workers Union must rise to the occasion

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The formation and launching of Botswana Media Alliance Workers Union (BOMAWU) on September 2, 2016 is a clear indication of industrial evolution in Botswana. We have recently witnessed a press conference marking the launching of another union, Botswana Progressive Workers Union hereinafter referred to as BOPWU.

Allow me to pay homage to BOMAWU and to welcome my fellow comrades from the media fraternal in trade unionism. The media play a significant role in nation building, in politics and in economic development as well as in workplace cultural diversity. The macro and micro environmental influences on labour relations will be endless without the mentioning the media and in particular its significant impact on labour relations as it is evident in South Africa and developed countries and as it was evident during the 2011 National strike in Botswana.

 

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