Centralised bargaining Archives

Extending agreement to non-parties: Novel arguments considered

by GilesFiles | Apr 3, 2025 | 2020 onwards, Causes and defences, Costs, Courts, ILO Conventions, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 1995, LRA D: 151-166 LC, Markets in SA, Orders, Parties, Reforms required, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, RN Daniels, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Selected judges, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Topics, Work Science Institute | 0 |

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Refused strike interdict: Picketing rules disputed

by GilesFiles | Sep 11, 2024 | 2020 onwards, 64 Strikes/lockouts, 64-77 Strikes, 65 limitations, 67 protected strike, 68 strike unprotected, Applications, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Evidence & onus, Hearsay, Interdicts & rules, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, K Allen-Yaman, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 04: 64-69 Power plays (LRL 6), LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 1995, LRA D: 151-166 LC, Motor industry, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Refused, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Sectors, Selected judges, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Topics, Transport & communication | 0 |

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Plant-level bargaining: Wage demands ultra vires

by GilesFiles | Jun 14, 2022 | 2020 onwards, André van Niekerk, Bargaining councils, Causes and defences, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Costs, Costs not awarded, Courts, Declaratory, Exceptions/special pleas, Insights, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 03: 11-63 Bargain, LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 1995, Management, Objective - correctness, Orders, Organisations (LRL 4), Parties, Review tests, Sectors, Special pleas, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Topics | 0 |

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Collective bargaining levels: Strike unprotected and interdicted

by GilesFiles | Feb 26, 2019 | 2019, 64-77 Strikes, 65 limitations, 68 strike unprotected, Associations/corporates, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Courts, John Murphy, Judges, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, LAC judges, LRA 03: 11-63 Bargain, LRA 04: 64-69 Power plays (LRL 6), LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 1995, Parties, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Topics | 0 |

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Numsa undermining centralized bargaining?

by GilesFiles | Nov 2, 2016 | Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Labour Relations, Organisations (LRL 4), philosophy / economics, Reforms required, Sectors, Topics | 0 |

According SA Labour News referring to a report by Roy Cokayne on page 20 of Business Report of 28 October 2016: “the retail motor industry has accused the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) of undermining the...

Centralised bargaining: Contrasted with collective bargaining

by GilesFiles | Jul 20, 2015 | Associations/corporates, Bibliography, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Construction industry, Insights, Labour Relations, Parties, philosophy / economics, Sectors, Topics, Trade unions | 1 |

The Free Market Foundation launched a court challenge against a section of the Labour Relations Act, which allows collective agreements on wages and conditions to be extended to employers who are not party to negotiations. In...

Collective agreement: Bargaining council’s constitution

by GilesFiles | Apr 30, 2013 | 2014 and earlier, 68 strike unprotected, Bargaining councils, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Courts, Free and fair, Judges, Labour Appeal Court, LRA 04: 64-69 Power plays (LRL 6), Parties, Work Science Institute | 0 |

The Labour Appeal Court (LAC) recently upheld the dismissal of eight employees for engaging in an unprotected strike. The dismissals were not unfair because the employees embarked on a strike contrary to the advice of SACTWU...

Economic freedom: core principles

by GilesFiles | Oct 19, 2012 | AE - Leon Louw, Insights, Legality principle, philosophy / economics, Thought Leaders | 0 |

It is easy blame the ‘market’ for all the ills and woes in South Africa when attention needs to be given to government policy. It may be debatable whether it is the labour laws that are the problem or the false understanding...

Create jobs by decentralising & deregulating

by GilesFiles | Aug 26, 2010 | Bargaining councils, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Insights, Legality principle, Parties, Reforms required, Work Science Institute | 1 |

Inability to create unskilled jobs is one of the main barriers to SA’s social and economic viability

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