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ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 – 2022 (UNIQUE NO: 852620)
, Workers Together Federation (WTF) is a union representing employees in the
textile industry. For eight weeks, WTF and various textile companies held
meetings to discuss wage increases. WTF demands a 12 percent increase for
its members, whereas the employer (companies) is only prepared to offer a 4
percent rise. WTF advises its members to stop doing overtime work until the
wage dispute becomes resolved. Define the nature of the industrial action taken
by members of WTF and discuss the circumstances under which the law
prohibits it. [10]
The LRA defines a strike in its section 213 as follows: ‘the partial or complete
concerted refusal to work, or the retardation or obstruction of work, by persons who
ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 – 2022 (UNIQUE NO: 852620)
, Workers Together Federation (WTF) is a union representing employees in the
textile industry. For eight weeks, WTF and various textile companies held
meetings to discuss wage increases. WTF demands a 12 percent increase for
its members, whereas the employer (companies) is only prepared to offer a 4
percent rise. WTF advises its members to stop doing overtime work until the
wage dispute becomes resolved. Define the nature of the industrial action taken
by members of WTF and discuss the circumstances under which the law
prohibits it. [10]
The LRA defines a strike in its section 213 as follows: ‘the partial or complete
concerted refusal to work, or the retardation or obstruction of work, by persons who
