[Date]
LLW2602 Assignment 2
Semester 2 2024
(774154) - DUE 6
September 2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, LLW2602 Assignment 2 Semester 2 2024 (774154) - DUE 6 September
2024
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.
The strike that employees of SS Gas (Pty) Ltd (SSG) want to engage in is
known as a secondary or sympathy strike. This type of strike occurs
when employees strike in support of the industrial action taken by
employees of another employer. In this case, the SSG employees are
supporting the RRM employees, who are striking over a dispute related to
their shift system.
Nature of the Strike
A secondary strike involves workers striking not to address their own
grievances with their employer but to support the cause of workers in a
different organization. It is characterized by the following:
1. Indirect Grievance: The primary issue prompting the strike does not
directly affect the secondary strikers (SSG employees in this case),
LLW2602 Assignment 2
Semester 2 2024
(774154) - DUE 6
September 2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, LLW2602 Assignment 2 Semester 2 2024 (774154) - DUE 6 September
2024
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.
The strike that employees of SS Gas (Pty) Ltd (SSG) want to engage in is
known as a secondary or sympathy strike. This type of strike occurs
when employees strike in support of the industrial action taken by
employees of another employer. In this case, the SSG employees are
supporting the RRM employees, who are striking over a dispute related to
their shift system.
Nature of the Strike
A secondary strike involves workers striking not to address their own
grievances with their employer but to support the cause of workers in a
different organization. It is characterized by the following:
1. Indirect Grievance: The primary issue prompting the strike does not
directly affect the secondary strikers (SSG employees in this case),
