Classic Business Breakfast
Could this be the end of strikes as we know them?
The South African government recently released a draft of new picketing rules for public comment. These new rules, alongside the 2017 amendments to the Labour Relations Act, are intended to change the process through which trade unions can embark on protected strike action.
Carin Runciman, associate professor at the University of Johannesburg, talks to Classic Business Breakfast with Moneyweb about why what the changes to picketing rules and what they will mean for strikes in the future.
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