| 7.1 | Officials of the party trade union shall be given every reasonable facility by employers to organise employees. |
| 7.2 | Deduction of trade union subscriptions: |
| 7.2.1 | Every employer shall deduct weekly from the earnings of each of his employees, current subscription fees due to the party trade unions by their employees in accordance with the rates of fees payable as notified to the employer by the Secretary of the party trade unions from time to time. |
| 7.2.2 | Such deduction shall also be made when an employee is being paid in terms of clauses 5, 8 and clause 9 of this Agreement and shall be made in full even in the event of any employee being paid less than a full week's wages. |
| 7.3.1 | Members of trade union parties to the Council shall be entitled to elect one or more shop stewards in a workplace in terms of section 14(2) of the Labour Relations Act, No. 66 of 1995. |
| 7.3.2 | An employer shall give full recognition to such shop stewards and provide them with reasonable meeting facilities. |
| 7.3.3 | An employer shall consult with these shop stewards on matters relating to disagreement and to the working conditions of the employees generally. |
| 7.4 | TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COUNCIL |
Employers shall give any of their employees who are representatives on any Committee of the Council every facility to attend to their duties in this regard.
| 7.5 | ORGANISATIONAL RIGHTS |
Access to communication facilities: Shop stewards requiring reasonable access to either telephone, telefax and/or e-mail facilities in order to properly perform their duties, shall submit a request to the employer, who undertakes not to unreasonably withhold such access.
