LLW2602 Assignment 1 & 2 Semester 2 2024 | Due 16 August and 6 September 2024

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LLW2602 Assignment 1 & 2 Semester 2 2024 | Due 16 August and 6 September 2024 – Multiple answers provided for both assignments.

Assignment 1:
The LRA provides for structures through which collective bargaining can take place, called bargaining councils. One of the functions of a bargaining council is to conclude and enforce collective agreements on behalf of its members. Discuss the binding effect of collective agreements concluded by a bargaining council and whether such agreements can be extended to trade unions and employers who are not part of the bargaining council which concluded the collective agreement.

Assignment 2:
Mzansi Workers Association (‘MWA’) is a trade union with members employed by both RR Manufacturers (‘RRM’) and SS Gas (Pty) Ltd (‘SSG’). SSG supplies RRM with gas which RRM uses to manufacture its products. After members of MWA employed by SSG heard that members of MWA employed by RRM are on strike due to a dispute relating to their shift system, they also decide to go on strike to support employees of RRM who are on strike.
Discuss the nature of the strike which employees of SSG want to engage in and the requirements which should be met for the strike to be protected.