The role of the labour court in collective bargaining: Altering the protected status of strikes on grounds of violence in national union of food beverage wine spirits & allied workers v universal product network (pty) ltd (2016) 37 ILJ 476 (LC)

dc.contributor.authorVan Eck, B.P.S. (Stefan)
dc.contributor.authorKujinga, Benjamin T.
dc.contributor.emailstefan.vaneck@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-19T09:33:56Z
dc.date.available2018-04-19T09:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-19
dc.description.abstractThis note explores the powers of the Labour Court as envisaged in the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA), where a protected strike disintegrates into violent riotous conduct. The legal status of protected strikes raises important questions of law, namely: whether the Labour Court has the authority to alter the legal status of a strike; the autonomy of collective bargaining; and the legal test which the Labour Court should apply when intervening. The court in National Union of Food Beverage Wine Spirits & Allied Workers v Universal Product Network (Pty) Ltd 2016 37 ILJ 476 (LC) dealt with this precise problem. There can be no doubt that South Africa is plagued by widespread strike violence which often occur during protected strikes. However, this contribution poses the question whether the Labour Court has not overstepped its mandated jurisdiction and it questions whether such alterations of the status of strikes would have a positive effect on the institution of collective bargaining.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMercantile Lawen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/per/indexen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Eck S and Kujinga T "The Role of the Labour Court in Collective Bargaining: Altering the Protected Status of Strikes on Grounds of Violence in National Union of Food Beverage Wine Spirits & Allied Workers v Universal Product Network (Pty) Ltd (2016) 37 ILJ 476 (LC)" PER / PELJ 2017(20) - DOI http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/1727-3781/2017/v20i0a1774.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781
dc.identifier.other10.17159/1727-3781/2017/v20i0a1774
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64658
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_ZA
dc.subjectAuthority of the labour courten_ZA
dc.subjectCollective bargainingen_ZA
dc.subjectPowers of the labour courten_ZA
dc.subjectProtected strikesen_ZA
dc.subjectUnprotected strikesen_ZA
dc.subjectViolent strikesen_ZA
dc.titleThe role of the labour court in collective bargaining: Altering the protected status of strikes on grounds of violence in national union of food beverage wine spirits & allied workers v universal product network (pty) ltd (2016) 37 ILJ 476 (LC)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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