THE South African Post Office (Sapo) has correctly dismissed 228 employees for embarking on an unprotected strike in June. The unlawful strike was organised by the quaintly named Influential Information and Communication Union of SA (IICUOSA), to raise "concerns about the parastatal’s decision to suspend its secretary-general Gibson Ramoadi".IICUOSA is an independent union, registered in 2015. On its Facebook page, it describes itself as being "driven to protect all workers in their employment. We a union that is more than a wokers union driven by workers but we also a family to all (sic)".Although it says nothing about what it actually does for its members, it is obliged like all other trade unions to comply with the Labour Relations Act (LRA) 66 of 1995.The Constitution guarantees the right to strike; the LRA sets out the terms which govern that right.Section 64 allows every employee to strike provided the issue in dispute has been referred to a bargaining council or to the Commis...
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