Botswana: Trade Unions Demand Meeting With Minister

Selebi-Phikwe — Botswana Public Sector Collective Bargaining Labour Forum last Friday demanded a meeting between the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Daniel Kwelagobe and union leaders to negotiate an agreeable salary hike.

The forum demanded that as a matter of urgency, the government should come to the bargaining table with trade unions to negotiate mutually acceptable conditions of service and salaries in good faith. It called for unconditional reinstatement of the travel leave concession. Reading a petition to the Assistant District Officer, Innocent Maotwe on behalf of the unions, BLLAW chairman (Selebi-Phikwe branch) John Morobolo demanded that government should give them a report of the commission that reviewed civil servants' terms and conditions of service. "It is unfair to deny us information that deals with our livelihood, concerns and our welfare and it is against the principle of transparency."

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