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

Codes of Good Practice

Protest Action to Promote or Defend Socio-Economic Interests of Workers (Section 77 of the Act)

Part B: Protected Protest Action

4. Protest action
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(1)Protest action is the partial or complete concerted refusal to work, or the retardation or obstruction of work, for the purpose of promoting or defending the socio-economic interests of workers, but not for a purpose referred to in the definition of strike.2  Protest action is often referred to as a 'protest strike' or a 'socio-economic strike'.

 

(2)The ILO's Freedom of Association Committee has always recognised the right to strike by workers and their organisations as a legitimate and essential means of promoting and defending the economic and social interests of their members and workers in general. 3

 

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2S 213 of the LRA.
3Paragraphs 520 to 544 of Chapter 10 (Right to strike) of the Digest are set out in Annexure B.