Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

National Textile Bargaining Council

Collective Agreement

Part 1

H: General

50. Frequency of Negotiations and Industrial Action

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Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—

50.1 this agreement shall remain in force, provided that the parties to the Bargaining Council shall annually negotiate through collective bargaining amendments to this Agreement, unless they agree to negotiate at different intervals, provided further that no amendment(s) shall take effect before the effective date of such amendments as agreed to by the parties;
50.2 the parties to the Bargaining Council, and in the event of this Agreement being extended to non-party employers and their employees in accordance with the provisions of Part 1 of this agreement shall have the right to pursue industrial action within establishments bound by the provisions of this Agreement, in compliance with the Act after utilising applicable procedures set out in the NTBC Constitution, in the event of the Agreement not being reached on any issue in negotiations at the Bargaining Council, on wages and other substantive issues designed to replace or amend the remuneration and/or other substantive provisions of this Agreement;
50.3 the reference to negotiations in clause 50.2 above shall mean negotiations as contemplated in clause 50.1 above.
50.4 section 65(3) of the Labour Relations Act [as amended] shall not render industrial action as contemplated in clause 50.2 above, unprocedural.