Labour court interdicts banking strike
The Labour Court has interdicted the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and South African Society of Bank Officials (Sasbo) from going ahead its planned strike action in the banking sector.
Thousand of employees in the banking sector were set to down tools from Friday, raising fears that customers would have been unable to access their banking services.
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In his ruling Judge Hillary Rabkin-Naicker said both Cosatu and Sasbo “failed to comply with the provisions of section 77:1 of the Labour relations act 66 of 1995."
The application to interdict Cosatu and Sasbo was brought by the Business Unity South Africa (BUSA).
The organisation’s Kaiser Moyane said the court action reaffirmed the fact that both unions should not have bypassed the Nedlac processes.
Moyane added that banking services will not be disrupted on Friday and it will be “business as usual”.
#BankingStrike Busa Nedlac convenor Kaiser Moyane says it will be 'business as usual' for banking customers tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/rrcPg51q7Z
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) September 26, 2019