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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Consolidated 2021/2025 Plastic Industry Main Collective Agreement

Chapter 8

34. Levels of Bargaining
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(1)The Plastic Negotiation Forum of the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council shall be the sole forum for negotiating matters contained in the Plastic Industry Agreement;
(a)during the currency of the Agreement, no matter contained in the Agreement or any substantive matter may be an issue in dispute for the purposes of a strike or lock-out or any conduct in contemplation of a strike or lock-out;
(b)any provision in a collective agreement binding an employer and employees covered by the Council, other than a collective agreement concluded by the Council, that requires an employer or a trade union to bargain collectively in respect of any matter contained in the Main Agreement or substantive issue, is of no force and effect.
(c)The Management Committee of the MEIBC authorised the negotiations around the introduction of this agreement. Parties agree that during the negotiations the issues upon which the introduction of a new Agreement is desired have been clarified for the period set out herein. The Management Committee shall arrange that a vote of all representatives of the Council be taken by postal vote or at the AGM upon the adoption of this collective agreement as an agreement of the Council, placing the question or questions upon the ballot paper in such form as it may determine, together with a general question as to whether the proposals as a whole are accepted, provided that the total number of votes returned, shall determine the outcome of the ballot.

 

(2)Where bargaining arrangements at plant and company level, excluding agreements entered into under the auspices of the Bargaining Council, are in existence, the parties to such arrangements may, by mutual agreement, modify or suspend or terminate such bargaining arrangements.  In the event of the parties to such arrangements failing to agree to modify or suspend or terminate such arrangements by the date of implementation of the Plastic Industry Agreement, the wage increases on scheduled rates and not on the actual rates shall be applicable to such employers and employees until the parties to such arrangement agree otherwise.