We advised the Steel Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (the primary union organisation in the steel and engineering industries) on the extension of previous collective agreements to non-parties in this industry, which had been set aside by the Labour Court on a number of occasions. It is extremely important to the stability of the industry that the current industry collective agreement is valid, enforceable, and capable of extension to non-parties. We were tasked with drafting an industry-wide collective agreement, determining the process for extension of the agreement to non-parties, and dealing with threatened litigation.
