Oct/Nov 2016
CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE ROLE FO THE STATE, LONMIN MANAGEMENT AND THE UNIONS
DURING THE AUGUST 2012 MARIKANA MASSACRE (25)
CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF PRINCIPLED NEGOTATION AS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL
COLLECTIVE BARGANINING (25) (NEEDS WORK)
Negotiation:
Negotiation is one form of influencing and is about trying to achieve win-win
It is a process of compromise involving parties with different sets of objectives and values based on their
different vested interests
It is a process intended to decrease the incompatibility between the parties involved
Principled Negotiation
Makes a win win outcome possible as parties use a common set of principles and a common framework for
effective negotiations
The parties involved must have a sense of net gain – each party has to also think of the other
The system of countervailing control is a corollary element to the first. It must be ensured that one party
does not feel “at the complete mercy of the other”. Parties need to agree to a good balance of sharing control
over certain aspects of the relationship
Four basic guidelines need to be observed in the process:
Personalities must be separate from the problem
Interests must be the focus not positions
Options and alternatives must be considered before decisions are made
Criteria and other objective standards must be the bases for evaluating claims
DISCUSS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF STRIKES AND REASONS FOR STRIKES THAT ARE EVIDENT IN
THE LABOUR RELATIONS CONTEXT (25)
Discuss the nature of strikes in SA (5)
"strike" means the partial or complete concerted refusal to work, or the retardation or obstruction of work, by
persons who are or have been employed by the same employer or by different employers, for the purpose of
remedying a grievance or resolving a dispute in respect of any matter of mutual interest between employer and
employee, and every reference to "work" in this definition includes overtime work, whether it is voluntary or
compulsory;
The definition of a strike consists of three elements, namely:
A refusal to work
Concerted or collective action
A specific purpose relating to a matter of mutual interest between the employee and employer
Discuss the various types of strikes that are evident in the labour relations context environment (10)
Economic – demands related to wages, fringe benefits or any other issues of an economic nature
Grievance – when the trade union does not agree with the way in which management handles day to day
problems
Secondary or Sympathy – workers strike in support of trade union members who are striking in a different
workplace
Solidarity Strike – stoppage of work by employees in sympathy with one or more of their colleagues
General or political strike – a general strike is the worst form and frequently starts from a sympathy strike.
Can lead to a resolution aimed at overthrowing govt.
Wildcat – without warning no negations take place, illegal
CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE ROLE FO THE STATE, LONMIN MANAGEMENT AND THE UNIONS
DURING THE AUGUST 2012 MARIKANA MASSACRE (25)
CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF PRINCIPLED NEGOTATION AS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL
COLLECTIVE BARGANINING (25) (NEEDS WORK)
Negotiation:
Negotiation is one form of influencing and is about trying to achieve win-win
It is a process of compromise involving parties with different sets of objectives and values based on their
different vested interests
It is a process intended to decrease the incompatibility between the parties involved
Principled Negotiation
Makes a win win outcome possible as parties use a common set of principles and a common framework for
effective negotiations
The parties involved must have a sense of net gain – each party has to also think of the other
The system of countervailing control is a corollary element to the first. It must be ensured that one party
does not feel “at the complete mercy of the other”. Parties need to agree to a good balance of sharing control
over certain aspects of the relationship
Four basic guidelines need to be observed in the process:
Personalities must be separate from the problem
Interests must be the focus not positions
Options and alternatives must be considered before decisions are made
Criteria and other objective standards must be the bases for evaluating claims
DISCUSS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF STRIKES AND REASONS FOR STRIKES THAT ARE EVIDENT IN
THE LABOUR RELATIONS CONTEXT (25)
Discuss the nature of strikes in SA (5)
"strike" means the partial or complete concerted refusal to work, or the retardation or obstruction of work, by
persons who are or have been employed by the same employer or by different employers, for the purpose of
remedying a grievance or resolving a dispute in respect of any matter of mutual interest between employer and
employee, and every reference to "work" in this definition includes overtime work, whether it is voluntary or
compulsory;
The definition of a strike consists of three elements, namely:
A refusal to work
Concerted or collective action
A specific purpose relating to a matter of mutual interest between the employee and employer
Discuss the various types of strikes that are evident in the labour relations context environment (10)
Economic – demands related to wages, fringe benefits or any other issues of an economic nature
Grievance – when the trade union does not agree with the way in which management handles day to day
problems
Secondary or Sympathy – workers strike in support of trade union members who are striking in a different
workplace
Solidarity Strike – stoppage of work by employees in sympathy with one or more of their colleagues
General or political strike – a general strike is the worst form and frequently starts from a sympathy strike.
Can lead to a resolution aimed at overthrowing govt.
Wildcat – without warning no negations take place, illegal
