COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: REFLECTIONS ON BOTSWANA, LESOTHO AND NAMIBIA
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: REFLECTIONS ON BOTSWANA, LESOTHO AND NAMIBIA

Summary/Abstract: This paper endeavors to investigate various collective practices in the three SADC countries being: Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia. Collective bargaining has served asan important icon for democracy, a device for increasing workers income, improving workingconditions and reducing inequality, a means for ensuring fair employment relations and a source of workplace innovation, moreover the number of workers belonging to trade unions has declined in many countries and global economic integration has tipped bargaining powerin favour of employers. One of the most important recommendations provided is that in bothcountries they should be annual conferences on collective bargaining as a way of identifying and formulating responses to industrial relations challenges and also these countries should hold regular effective communications between trade unions and management

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