0000002402 00000 n Going on strike and picketing A picket line is where workers and union reps (‘picketers’ or ‘pickets’) stand outside a workplace to tell other people why they are striking. But the strike also is a sacrifice. Strikes and lock-outs 327 4 LOCATION OF PICKET AND NUMBER OF PICKETERS 11 4.1 A picket may only be held at the places designated in Annexure A. The strike started on Monday after the Labour Court's weekend dismissal of an application for an interdict to stop the strike, brought by the Plastic Converters' Association. Similarly, a strike undertaken by those in the medical field can even cause deaths. 5 DURATION AND TIME OF PICKET … Hasa is a BA graduate in the field of Humanities and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in the field of English language and literature. 5.1.3 If there is any breach of clauses 4, 5.5 or 6 of these Rules, the trade union must suspend its picket until it has satisfied the Commissioner that it can exercise control over its picket. Strike is a cessation of work whereas picketing is assembling outside a workplace or location to prevent others from going to work. 4.2 Only members and supporters of the strike may take part in the picket. trailer << /Size 2403 /Info 2372 0 R /Root 2381 0 R /Prev 496167 /ID[<30a5fd49e07e193f2f4eadab030d3cc9>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 2381 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 2375 0 R /Metadata 2373 0 R /OpenAction [ 2383 0 R /XYZ null null null ] /PageMode /UseNone /PageLabels 2371 0 R /StructTreeRoot 2382 0 R /PieceInfo << /MarkedPDF << /LastModified (D:20040915163622)>> >> /LastModified (D:20040915163622) /MarkInfo << /Marked true /LetterspaceFlags 0 >> >> endobj 2382 0 obj << /Type /StructTreeRoot /ClassMap 341 0 R /RoleMap 343 0 R /K 2222 0 R /ParentTree 2240 0 R /ParentTreeNextKey 123 >> endobj 2401 0 obj << /S 998 /L 1243 /C 1259 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 2402 0 R >> stream Under federal law, you cannot be fired for participating in a protected strike or picketing against your employer. 0000003010 00000 n Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: Legal. Strikes can take different forms. Codes of good practice on industrial actions and picketing . The pressure is exerted by harming the business through loss of productivity, loss of customers and creating negative publicity. The lawfulness of that picket or demonstration will depend on compliance with the ordinary laws. Picketers said they were warned that if they returned they would be issued with penalty notices for breaking lockdown rules. 0000003053 00000 n Strikes and picketing are forms of protest that are often used by labor unions to gain concessions from their employees. 4.3 A picket at any designated location may not exceed the maximum number of members or supporters determined by the Commissioner in that Annexure. 0000058940 00000 n A variety of remedies are available in the event of an illegal strike or lockout. (Art. Unit 4 Strikes, lockouts and picketing 51 8. TACOMA, Wash. - Health care providers at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital are picketing Monday to support a two-day strike by doctors and nurses at MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care clinics. 0000006570 00000 n There are limitations and qualifications on the exercise of that right. Where picketing takes place, employees not directly involved in the industrial action may refuse to cross picket lines. We also consider Government proposals to legislate in respect of protests associated with industrial action (‘leverage action’), which were abandoned in favour of plans to amend the Code of Practice on Picketing. 0000002425 00000 n In terms of Section 64(1) of the Labour Relation Act No. Our aim in this article is to analyse the provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 that deal with pre-strike ballots and picketing. voters should be asked if they are prepared to take part in a strike or action short of a strike, whichever is relevant the majority must answer yes to the question, and this question cannot cover both types of action, it must be specific. H��Tole�{���^�ۘ�1�� .��+2-d�st��xL�� ��ES �sڭ��R��tq�œ��1�����D"1��:�ΐ��7����o�. As verbs the difference between picketing and strike is that picketing is while strike is to delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. Picketing is a form of protest in which people (called pickets or picketers) congregate outside a place of work or location where an event is taking place. On the 19. th of October 2009 the Minister issued Codes of good practice, in terms of section 137(1)(a) of the Labour Act, on industrial actions and Picketing can also be done to draw the attention of the general public to a cause. 0000006338 00000 n After picketing, February’s will be short. Her areas of interests include language, literature, linguistics and culture. The purpose of picketing is to draw public attention (and sympathy) to their cause, inform the public of the goals and the reasons behind the strike and discourage anyone from violating the strike order and going to work. 2 We begin the article by outlining the legal framework that regulates the right to strike and to picket in the UK, paying particular attention to the ability of employers to halt industrial action by means of interim injunctions.7 In parts 3 and 4, we focus on the balloting and notice, and the picketing … 66 of 1995 “LRA”, every employee has a right to strike, and every employer has a recourse to lockout. Picketing The presence at an employer's business of one or more employees and/or other persons who are publicizing a labor dispute, influencing employees or customers to withhold their work or business, respectively, or showing a union's desire to represent employees; picketing is usually accompanied by patrolling with signs. 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