Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing IndustryMain Collective AgreementPart C : Provisions for the KwaZulu-Natal Region40. Frequency of Negotiations and Industrial Action |
| (1) | This part of the Agreement shall remain in force until 31 August 2013: Provided that the parties to the Council shall annually negotiate through collective bargaining amendments to this part of the Agreement, unless they agree to negotiate at different intervals: Provided further that no amendment(s) shall take effect before 1 September 2012. |
| (2) | The parties to the Council, and in the event of this part of the Agreement being extended to non-parties, non-party employers and their employees, shall have the right to pursue industrial action within establishments bound by the provisions of this part of the Agreement, in compliance with the Act, after utilising applicable procedures, in the event of agreement not being reached on any issues in negotiations at the Council on wages and other substantive issues designed to replace or amend the remuneration and/or other substantive provisions of this part of the Agreement. |
| (3) | The reference to negotiations in subclause (2) above shall mean negotiations as contemplated in subclause (1) above. |
| (4) | Section 65 (3) of the Act shall not render industrial action as contemplated in subclause (2) above unprocedural. |