
A vehicle to test union’s own labour practices
Talk about the shoe being on the other foot: one of SA’s major unions recently had an unusual experience when one of its own employees took it to court, claiming to be the victim of an unfair labour practice.
THIS is a case certain to intrigue everyone in SA’s formal work space, for it concerns a major union in an unaccustomed role – as an employer in dispute with a union organizer who challenged an alleged unfair labour practice.
Who would prove to have the better grasp of workplace law and of what constitutes fairness?