According to a report on Fin24 it seems the ANC is contemplating further limitations to the right to strike. There is again talk of requiring strike ballots and limiting the duration of protected strikes.
‘Democratise’ strike action – Godongwana first published on 12 March 2015
Midrand – Strikes should be “democratised” by using secret ballots, ANC economic transformation cluster head Enoch Godongwana said on Thursday.
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Godongwana said he did not know whether there was a need for legislation to deal with that question, because the courts had already dealt with the matter satisfactorily.
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“A second issue relating to strikes is the length.
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He said that even after that democratic decision was taken, following a specific period of time, government should be able to tell the parties to go back to the negotiating table.
Different instruments were being considered, such as arbitration, without doing away with the strike itself.
“If someone listens to the parties, then makes a recommendation, and the parties do not accept the recommendation, if it’s the union, we must go back and test that in a secret ballot,” Godongwana said.
This was to ensure strike action was democratic and people were not intimidated.