It’s now law — no secret balloting, no strike
The five-month period in which labour unions needed to include secret ballotting in their constitutions has lapsed
31 May 2019 - 05:06
On January 1 one of the key amendments of the Labour Relations Amendment Act of 2018 came into effect. This requires trade unions and employer organisations to amend their constitutions to make provision for secret ballotting before a trade union can call on its members to strike, or an employer organisation can lock out striking employees.
In addition, the labour minister issued guidelines in December 2018 on ballotting for strikes or lockouts...
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