University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union explained

Location Country:	Botswana
Affiliation:	BFTU
Full Name:	University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union
Founded:	12 April 1989 27 January 1992 (registered)
Headquarters:	Gaborone, Botswana
Key People:	Gadzani Mhotsha, general secretary

The University of Botswana Staff Union, formerly the University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union (UBNASU) is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU).

Gadzani Mhotsha, General Secretary of the UBNASU, also served as general secretary of the BFTU.^[1]

Strikes

In November 2006, UBNASU took strike action against university management in a dispute over access to parking.^[2] In September 2010, UBNASU along with the University of Botswana Academic and Senior Support Staff Union (UBASSSU), opposed salary adjustments at the university which would have seen the vice-chancellor's salary increase 100 percent. Both unions called off strike actions when the salary increase was scrapped.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Werbner, Pnina . The making of an African working class: politics, law, and cultural protest in the Manual Workers' Union of Botswana . 2014 . Pluto . 978-1-78371-178-9 . Anthropology, Culture and Society . London . 144.
2. News: Baputaki . Chandapiwa . 2006-11-17 . UB Staff Wait for Task Force Report . Mmegi . 2023-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061120204238/https://allafrica.com/stories/200611171016.html . 2006-11-20 . AllAfrica.com.
3. Web site: 2010-09-23 . UB climbs down on its controversial pay structure . https://web.archive.org/web/20220525032351/https://www.sundaystandard.info/ub-climbs-down-on-its-controversial-pay-structure/ . 2022-05-25 . 2023-05-28 . Sunday Standard . en-GB.