LLW2602 - Collective Labour Law SUMMARY

LLW2602 - Collective Labour Law SUMMARY FREEDOM OF ASSOSTIATION AND ORGANISATION RIGHTS.  Definition: o People have the right to associate with others in order to defend their common interest. o In work place – entails right of workers and join trade unions of choice and participate in lawful activities  Freedom of association – basic principle reflected on IOL Convention, LRA & Constitution  Employees & seeking employment have this right and employer may not infringe (go against)  Employer have the right to freedom of association 5 ORGANITATIONAL RIGHTS: 1. What level of representation is needed for union to acquire rights 2. How level must be determined 3. Process of obtaining these rights 4. Rights of minority trade unions with regards to organisational rights STUDY PARAGRAPH 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 9 IN TEXT BOOK!  Basic principles an reflected in several ILO Conventions – LRA and CONSTITUTION  DEF: Freedom of association means-people has the right to associate with others to defend their common interest.  In the work place entails the right of workers to form and join trade unions of their choice and participate in these union’lawfull strikes. o CONSTITUTION READS SECTION 23:  23 .Labour relations.— 1. Everyone has the right to fair labour practices 2. Every worker has the righta. to form and join a trade union; b. to participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union; and c. to strike. 3. Every employer has the righta. to form and join an employers’ organisation; and b. to participate in the activities and programmes of an employers’ organisation. (4) Every trade union and every employers’ organisation has the righta. to determine its own administration, programmes and activities; b. to organise; and o to form and join a federation. This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on 1