Riyaz Patel
The Labour Court has ruled in favour of Business Unity South Africa’s (Busa’s) application to interdict a major banking strike which had been planned for Friday 27 September.
Handing down judgement Thursday, the court said the planned strike action was unlawful – effectively preventing what would have been South Africa’s largest banking strike in 99 years.
The strike was coordinated by the country’s largest financial union, the South African Society of Bank Officials (Sasbo) and had received additional support from the country’s largest trade federation Cosatu.
Business Unity South African (BUSA) aimed to stop the protest, as Cosatu’s notice sent to the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) – under which Sasbo planned to act – may not have satisfied the requirements for the action to be legally protected.
Busa said that the Nedlac notice was first issued in August 2017 and should not be relied on
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