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NEGOTIATING WITH UNIONS

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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
2. RECOGNITION OF TRADE UNIONS
2.1 When to Recognise a Trade Union
2.2 The Recognition Agreement
3. BARGAINING STRUCTURES
3.1 Bargaining Units
3.2 Levels of Collective Bargaining
3.3 Bargaining Forums
4. WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
4.1 Preparing for Wage Negotiations
4.2 Conducting Wage Negotiations
4.3 Agreement and Implementation
5. COMMUNICATION WITH EMPLOYEES
6. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
6.1 Types of Collective Agreement
6.2 Legal Effect of Collective Agreements
6.3 Disputes about Collective Agreements
6.4 Termination of Collective Agreements

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Form 7 Negotiating with unions

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2 Comments

  1. I want to know if its legal for a union branch to withold dues and agency fees from their National office and continue to be recognised as legal operating union. How should they manage and administer those monies?

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    • Reply to Zobalonda: Thisis not something that is specifically dealt with by the LRA. It seems to be an internal matter within the union structures that shold be taken up with the national office.

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