How BOFEPUSU Reported Botswana To ILO

Rari presented on behalf of Education International at the ILO
Rari presented on behalf of Education International at the ILO

What made Botswana to make the short list of countries that are regarded as gross transgressors of the ILO core Conventions?

Botswana Government is accused and charged for having violated two core convention being, Conventions 87 and 98 and having acted contrary to the ILO frame work definition of essential service as they, the ILO have advised through the Committee of Application of Standards (CAS). Convention 87, provides as thus; “Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize while Convention 98, provides as thus; “The Right to a Organize and Collective Bargaining” 

 

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