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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Food Retail, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

3. Industrial Action

 

(1) No person bound by the provisions of this Agreement entered into by the parties shall engage in or participate in a strike or lock-out or any conduct in furtherance of a strike or a lock-out in respect of any matter regulated by this Agreement for its duration.

 

(2) The forum for negotiation and conclusion of substantive agreements on wages, benefits and other conditions of employment between employers and employers' organisations on the one hand and trade unions on the other hand, shall be the Bargaining Council for the Food Retail, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades and not at shopfloor level.

 

(3) No trade union or employers' organisation may attempt to induce or compel or be induced or compelled by any natural or juristic person or other organisation, by any form of strike or lockout, to negotiate the issues referred to in subclause (1) above at any level other than at the Bargaining Council for the Food Retail, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades.

 

(4) Any inconsistent provisions of collective procedural agreements between employers and trade unions and their members shall be regarded by such parties as amended to accommodate the provisions of subclauses (2) and (3) above and shall not be binding on the parties to the extent that the provisions of such agreements conflict with those of subclauses (2) and (3) above.

 

(5) All existing Wage Agreements and/or Recognition Agreements signed and entered into between employers, employers' organisations and employees, or trade unions, prior to 12 February 1999, shall be binding on the parties until the expiry of said Wage/Recognition Agreements.