LABOUR RELATIONS
Plan to disband Sama union no longer on the cards
The fight will now be about the transfer of the union’s assets, says its leader
The South African Medical Association’s (Sama’s) plan to disestablish its trade union structure has fallen through after an extraordinary general meeting during which the decision was voted against. The organisation has been at odds with leaders of the trade union, who have instituted litigation to halt the move and safeguard funds raised through union subscriptions. Sama had wanted to amend its memorandum of incorporation (MoI) — in line with a 2015 board decision to disestablish the union — during the extraordinary meeting on Saturday. "The trade union movement has defeated the ... board in the EGM [extraordinary general meeting]. The old MoI that recognises the trade union was reinstated. The new proposed MoI to disband the trade union was defeated," said Sama union leader Dr Mahlane Phalane. The meeting had allegedly been scheduled hurriedly on the heels of the application filed by the trade union leaders in the High Court in Pretoria. The union leaders want the high court to pr...
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