Metro Bus Strike Vincent Cen Grade 12 Business Studies Research Task
Index
1. Executive Summary………………………………………1
2. Initial Grievance that lead up to the strike………1
3. Labour Legislation………………………………………2-5
4. Different types of strikes……………………………….5
5. Protected Strike……………………………………………6
6. Steps leading up to a strike………………………….7-8
7. Employment Equity Act………………………………....8
8. BBE and B-BBEE……………………………………………8
9. Outcome of the strike…………………………………….8 10. Interview………………………………………………………9 11. Reference list …………………………..………………..10
Executive Summary
City of Johannesburg- Metro bus
Metrobus is the second largest municipal bus operator in South Africa with 532 buses over 80 scheduled routes …show more content…
Unfair Labour Practice Strike- Industrial action by a trade union triggered by the employer’s violation of the provisions of labour relations statutes.
Wildcat Strike- Spontaneous or unannounced illegal industrial action by a section of employees, without following the proper procedure for striking such as majority approval through a union ballot, In such situations, the employer usually has the legal right to fire the offending workers and to sue the union for damages,
Sympathy Strike- Industrial action in which the employees cease work to show solidarity, with the striking employees of another firm or another department or unit of the same firm.
Jurisdictional Strike- Illegal strike over the dispute which trade union should have the right to represent a particular group of employees in an organization.
Lockout- Industrial action during which an employer withholds work, and denies employees access to the place of …show more content…
Consider the different types of strikes. It can be protected or unprotected. Members involved in protected strikes have certain benefits, unlike members participating in unprotected strikes do not have .
• Picketing
- Industrial action by unionized workers who either are on, or are trying to gather support for, a strike by assembling near the entrance to the employer’s premise.
- Pickets try to persuade co-workers to join them and customers to refrain from doing business with their employer.
- Picketing is usually required to be approved in a union ballot to be lawful.
• Good work strike
• Sick- out
- A significant number of union members call in sick on a same day.
3. Understand the consequences of the striking .
4. Get as many people involved in your labour movement.
5. Create a general strike committee deciding the major decisions, plan the strike and leads the strike.
6. Assign members to specific task forces
- Create a negotiating committee
- Form a picketing committee
- Form a publicity committee
- Set up a financial committee
7. Must organise a meeting with all the members and creates as budget for the strike and how much they are going to spend on expenses such as advertising and
Index
1. Executive Summary………………………………………1
2. Initial Grievance that lead up to the strike………1
3. Labour Legislation………………………………………2-5
4. Different types of strikes……………………………….5
5. Protected Strike……………………………………………6
6. Steps leading up to a strike………………………….7-8
7. Employment Equity Act………………………………....8
8. BBE and B-BBEE……………………………………………8
9. Outcome of the strike…………………………………….8 10. Interview………………………………………………………9 11. Reference list …………………………..………………..10
Executive Summary
City of Johannesburg- Metro bus
Metrobus is the second largest municipal bus operator in South Africa with 532 buses over 80 scheduled routes …show more content…
Unfair Labour Practice Strike- Industrial action by a trade union triggered by the employer’s violation of the provisions of labour relations statutes.
Wildcat Strike- Spontaneous or unannounced illegal industrial action by a section of employees, without following the proper procedure for striking such as majority approval through a union ballot, In such situations, the employer usually has the legal right to fire the offending workers and to sue the union for damages,
Sympathy Strike- Industrial action in which the employees cease work to show solidarity, with the striking employees of another firm or another department or unit of the same firm.
Jurisdictional Strike- Illegal strike over the dispute which trade union should have the right to represent a particular group of employees in an organization.
Lockout- Industrial action during which an employer withholds work, and denies employees access to the place of …show more content…
Consider the different types of strikes. It can be protected or unprotected. Members involved in protected strikes have certain benefits, unlike members participating in unprotected strikes do not have .
• Picketing
- Industrial action by unionized workers who either are on, or are trying to gather support for, a strike by assembling near the entrance to the employer’s premise.
- Pickets try to persuade co-workers to join them and customers to refrain from doing business with their employer.
- Picketing is usually required to be approved in a union ballot to be lawful.
• Good work strike
• Sick- out
- A significant number of union members call in sick on a same day.
3. Understand the consequences of the striking .
4. Get as many people involved in your labour movement.
5. Create a general strike committee deciding the major decisions, plan the strike and leads the strike.
6. Assign members to specific task forces
- Create a negotiating committee
- Form a picketing committee
- Form a publicity committee
- Set up a financial committee
7. Must organise a meeting with all the members and creates as budget for the strike and how much they are going to spend on expenses such as advertising and