Botswana: Salary Talks Standoff DPSM, Unions Look for Foreign Arbitrator

The salary negotiations between Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) and the Five Cooperating Trade Unions (5CTU), who demand a massive 15% salary increment for the civil servants, seems to be far from over as the two parties have agreed to look for a private arbitrator from abroad. In an interview, the Coordinator of 5CTU Tobokani Rari said both the employer, DPSM and the unions had a virtual meeting and agreed that they source a private arbitrator from outside the country.

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