STUDY
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UNIT
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8 /
FREEDOM
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OF
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ASSOCIATION,
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TRADE
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UNIONS'
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RIGHTS
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AND
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EMPLOYERS'
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RIGHTS
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(CHAPTER
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10)
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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FREEDOM /
/OF /
/ASSOCIATION //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
,/✔✔ /
/People /
/have /
/the /
/right //to //associate //with //others //in //order //to //defend //and //protect //their //common //interest.
IN /
/THE /
/WORKPLACE, /
/FREEDOM /
/OF /
/ASSOCIATION /
/ENTAILS /
/THE /
/RIGHT /
/OF /
/WORKERS //TO: //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //form //and //join //trade //unions //of //their //choice
2. //to //participate //in //these //unions' //lawful //activities
3. //to //organise //and //bargain //collectively //with //the //employer, //and
4. //to //strike.
PROTECTION /
/I.T.O. //ILO //CONVENTIONS //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //Conventions //87 //and //98 //in //1996
2. /
/Convention //87 //guarantees //to //all //employers //and //workers, //including //supervisors, //the //right
//to /
/freely /
/establish /
/and /
/join //organisations //of //their //own //choice, //subject //only //to //the //rules //of //the //organisation.
3. /
/Convention /
/98 /
/deals /
, /with /
/the /
/right /
/to /
/organise /
/and /
/bargain /
/collectively. //- /
/This /
/protects /
/workers /
/against /
/acts /
/of /
/discrimination /
/and /
/victimistion /
/by //their //employers //on //account //of //their //trade //union //membership //or //activities.
PROTECTION /
/I.T.O. /
/THE /
/LABOUR /
/RELATIONS /
/ACT //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //Cornerstone //of //SA //labour //law //and //enacted //to, //amongst //other //things:
1. //give //effect //to //the //rights //entrenched //in //section //23 //of //the //Constitution
2. /
/give /
/effect /
/to //the //obligations //incurred //by //SA //as //a //consequence //of //its //membership //of //the //ILO
3. //promote //social //justice, //labour //peace //and //workplace //democracy //and
4. //promote //orderly //collective //bargaining.