The right to strike should be cancelled

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Employers are therefore left in a highly unsatisfactory position in relation to obtaining real recompense for the losses they suffer from unlawful conduct relating to a strike. Obtaining urgent interdictory relief to put a stop to ongoing damage remains the best remedy to limit losses but, in respect of losses that are already suffered, it seems employers will have a hard road to hoe in recovering anything meaningful unless the Labour Court takes a harder line with section 68 compensation awards against the wrongdoers or delictual claims are pursued successfully, or there is legislative change.

via Damage during a strike – can employers get their money back? – Lexology.

The right to strike should be cancelled, withdrawn.

Mandatory negotiations with arbitration should be the only legal option.

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