DA to seek legal opinion on LRA Amendment Act
18 August 2014
The DA will seek a legal opinion on the recent passing of the job-killing Labour Relations Amendment Act following its assent by President Jacob Zuma yesterday.
This follows a petition by the DA, based on section 79 of the Constitution, to have this legislation returned to Parliament for much needed reconsideration.
Given the negative consequences of this Bill, it is deeply disappointing that the President yielded to pressure from COSATU instead of standing on the side of the National Development Plan and job-creation.
The Act fails to reintroduce balloting before a strike as a means to democratise labour relations - reducing the high incidence of violent and protracted strikes and preventing union bosses from engaging in strike action at a whim and against the interests of workers.