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National Labour Centre For Botswana

Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) is the national trade union federation for Botswana. Founded in 1977, it represents Unions covering all sectors of the economy. At present BFTU has 25 affiliates.

BFTU is affiliated to the: International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Africa, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) International, Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), The Southern Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC).

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“The federation exists to protect the interests of all workers in all sectors of the economy ”

Thusang Butale
Secretary General

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE BFTU STRATEGIC PLAN 2020- 2024

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BFTU STRATEGIC PLAN 2020- 2024

The commencement of the development of the BFTU strategic plan took place in August 2019.

EQUINET

EQUINET

On the 1st May 2018, BFTU and EQUINET entered into a MoU for a project on OSH in the Extractive sector. Mining in Botswana plays a significant role in the country’s economy. It contributes a third to the country’s GDP and 50% of tax earnings

MIGRANTS CAMPAIGN

MIGRANTS CAMPAIGN

BFTU and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) – Africa held a workshop sponsored by Solidarity centre on the 3rd of August 2018 at Oasis Motel to kick start a campaign to advocate for migrants rights

PARA-LEGAL MANUAL DEVELOPMENT

PARA-LEGAL MANUAL DEVELOPMENT

Projects for many large domestic and foreign corporations, enterprises in many elds such as nance, banking, F&B, education, communication.

PARA-LEGAL MANUAL DEVELOPMENT

PARA-LEGAL MANUAL DEVELOPMENT

The purpose of this project was to develop a training manual that could be used to train union officials and shop stewards to represent workers at workplaces all the way to the industrial court

SCALING-UP ACCESS TO VCT

SCALING-UP ACCESS TO VCT

The HIV epidemic has shifted from being generalized throughout Botswana to a number of micro-epidemics impacting on different populations in different ways

VICTIMS OF CYCLONE IDAI

VICTIMS OF CYCLONE IDAI

BFTU through the Migrants rights focal person and Gender committee organised a campaign to solicit support from trade unions and the general public for victims of cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe

WORKERS MANIFESTO

WORKERS MANIFESTO

On the 26th October 2018 the General Council of the Federation passed a resolution for the development of the workers manifesto that would be used to inform, guide and most importantly influence political parties’ manifestos in the coming 2019 general elections

BFTU MAY DAY 2021 MESSAGE

October 20, 2021

BFTU MAY DAY 2021 MESSAGE

Director of Ceremony, The theme of our commemoration today is, “Social Dialogue; An Imperative for tackling emerging Challenges”. But…

RESPONSE TO MINISTER MORWAENG’S STATEMENT

October 20, 2021

RESPONSE TO MINISTER MORWAENG’S STATEMENT

RE-BFTU RESPONSE TO MORWAENG STATEMENT ON SHIFT WORK Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) is dismayed at recent…

NON-INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT POLICY

October 20, 2021

NON-INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT POLICY

NON-INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT POLICY Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) and Botswana…