Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
South Africa decisions
Decisions matching the current search
Tiger Brands Limited v African Meat Industry & Allied Trade Union (AMITU) and Others (D1267/19) [2019] ZALCD 12 (25 October 2019)
The Labour Court confirmed an interdict against a union-led overtime ban, holding the concerted refusal to work overtime was an unprotected strike.
Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions (Pty) Ltd v Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and Others (J651/17) [2017] ZALCJHB 471 (19 December 2017)
The Labour Court held that drivers’ collective refusal to help offload goods at Pick n Pay stores was unprotected strike action and confirmed an interim rule.
Vanchem Vanadium Products (Pty) Ltd v National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and Another (J2184/14) [2014] ZALCJHB 474 (2 December 2014)
Labour Court held that NUMSA’s demands were not a mutual-interest dispute and that any strike in support of them would be unprotected and unlawful.
Mndebele v Xstrata South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a Xstrata Alloys (Rustenburg Plant) (JS 960/09, JS 1017/09) [2012] ZALCJHB 87 (21 August 2012)
The court found that the applicants' refusal to attend the wellness campaign launch constituted a concerted refusal to comply with a lawful and reasonable instruction, amounting to unprotected strike action under the Labour Relations Act. The evidence supported the employer's version that the boycott was motivated by unresolved pay grievances rather than confusion over compulsory testing. The disciplinary process, though marred by disputes over notice and hearing format, afforded the applicants sufficient opportunity to present their case, and their collective refusal to participate in the he…
Source excerpt
South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union and Others v Novel Spinners (Pty) Ltd (C257/98) [1999] ZALC 108 (20 July 1999)
The Labour Court held that dismissals for a brief, peaceful unprotected strike were unfair, relying on the parity principle and procedural unfairness in representation.
National Union of Mine Workers and Others v Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (287/93) [1995] ZASCA 109; 1996 (1) SA 422 (SCA); [1995] 12 BLLR 8 (AD); (1995) 16 ILJ 1371 (A) (21 September 1995)
The court held that dismissals for participating in a stay-away were unfair labour practices because dismissal was too harsh; reinstatement was ordered.
Explore more
