Clothing and textiles Archives

Collective agreement extended: Reviewed and set aside

by GilesFiles | May 10, 2021 | 2020 onwards, Associations/corporates, Courts, Declaratory, H Rabkin-Naicker, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Legality principle, Legislation, LRA 03: 11-63 Bargain, LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 1995, Management, Orders, PAJA 2000, Parties, Policies - all, Review tests, Sectors, State organs, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Topics | 0 |

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Protectable interests examined: Unrealistic threat?

by GilesFiles | Feb 24, 2020 | 2020 onwards, A G Binns-Ward, Applications, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Contractual breach, Courts, Declaratory, Evidence & onus, High Court, High Court judges, Interdicts & rules, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Legal Practice, Markets in SA, Orders, Parties, philosophy / economics, Private enterprises, Protectable interests, Public policy, Refused, Sectors, Topics, Trade restraints, Urgency | 0 |

Truworths Ltd v de Bruyn Protectable interests examined and high court decided that while the skills and experience developed as a buyer while in the employ of Truworths will be of practical benefit to adidas under her new...

Restraint provisions dissected: Discharging onus?

by GilesFiles | Jan 7, 2020 | 2020 onwards, Applications, Causes and defences, Courts, Evidence & onus, Interdicts & rules, Joinder, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Legal Practice, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Refused, Sean Snyman, Sectors, Topics, Trade restraints, Urgency | 0 |

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Worker co-operative members: Resolving potential statutory conflicts

by GilesFiles | May 15, 2018 | 2018, Appeals, Bargaining councils, Co-operatives, Courts, Declaratory, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Kate Savage, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 1995, Orders, Organisations (LRL 4), Parties, philosophy / economics, Sectors, Topics | 1 |

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Bargaining council and is there really a ‘piggy in the middle’

by GilesFiles | Jul 2, 2012 | Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Organisations (LRL 4), Reforms required, Trade unions | 6 |

Severe consequences for all in the clothing and textile industry if the trade union sticks to an ideological position. Business Day first published the following letter by Johan Baard, Executive director, Amsa – Union is...

Only a miracle will stop Sactwu’s suicidal trajectory

by GilesFiles | Jan 25, 2011 | Bargaining councils, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Organisations (LRL 4), Reforms required, Trade unions | 3 |

Only a miracle will stop Sactwu’s suicidal trajectory

Decent work & minimum wages: Clothing Council – 15 months to comply

by GilesFiles | Jan 20, 2011 | Discrimination (LRL 11), Employ Equity (LRL 12), Equal outcomes, Organisations (LRL 4) | 0 |

“In a blow to the survival prospects of SA’s clothing industry and to ambitious job-creation targets set by the government, noncompliant clothing factories have been given 15 months to become fully compliant with minimum wages...

Minimum wages – theft of fundamental rights ?

by GilesFiles | Oct 14, 2010 | Bargaining councils, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5) | 0 |

employers who do not comply with minimum wages are stealing workers’ fundamental rights

Collective bargaining wages: Minimum clothing & textile industry

by GilesFiles | Oct 1, 2010 | Collective Bargaining (LRL 5) | 0 |

The best compromise, it seems, is to do away with the minimum wage, but to have sector- specific minimum wages set in industry-wide negotiations

Collective bargaining: Clothing industry – council & minimum wages

by GilesFiles | Sep 30, 2010 | Bargaining councils, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Parties | 0 |

The fate of 22000 jobs in the clothing and textile industries will be decided today at a meeting between manufacturers and the National Bargaining Council (NBC) for the clothing manufacturing and garment knitting industry.

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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