As has become common practice Government officials have been cornered and threatened with lawsuits by BOFEPUSU trade union in an effort to force them to convene a bargaining fora to discuss conditions of service and salaries of civil servants. Trade unions previously represented by BOFEPUSU at the defunct Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC) are threatening to drag the Director of Public Service Management Ruth Maphorisa to court if she fails to convene meetings for bargaining. Led by Johnson Motshwarakgole, the National Amalgamated Local and Central Government, Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU) last week (September 08) cautioned Maphorisa to convene a meeting within 30 days failing which they will sue government for such refusal. Maphorisa's colleague at Attorney General's chambers Abraham Keetshabe has also been served with a notice confirming that the union will sue government at the expiration of 30 days, satisfying statutory requirement for legal proceedings against the state. Following the collapse of the PSBC, when the union party terminated its membership to allow their members to enjoy 2016/17 and 2017/18 salary increments, there has never been any bargaining between Government and her employees. NJICC has never met since the establishment of PSBC as negotiations affecting terms and conditions of…