IMATU obo Members v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14) [2013] ZALCJHB 342 (30 June 2013)
Court
Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number
J1522/14
Judge
Tlhotlhalemaje
The court found that the applicants failed to act with the required haste and their urgency was self-created. The timeline of events showed that the applicants delayed unreasonably after the lock-out and after receiving clear indications from the employer that the new shift system would be implemented. The court held that the applicants did not have a contractual or vested right to the previous shift system, and their refusal to work in accordance with the new system constituted unprotected industrial action. The application was ill-conceived and amounted to an abuse of the court process. Acc…