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Fin24 reports that the Labour Court has dismissed an urgent application by a union representing SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) employees to force the public broadcaster to rescind retrenchment letters issued to about 400 workers.
On Wednesday, the court dismissed the Broadcast, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union’s (Bemawu’s) application with costs, in what is likely to be a setback in the fight to have the process declared irregular and invalid. Last month, the cash-strapped broadcaster started issuing retrenchment letters to 400 staff members in an attempt to reduce its wage bill. Speaking after the ruling, Bemawu president Hannes du Buisson said the union would study the judgement and decide on a way forward. But he vowed to fight on, insisting that the ruling did not signify an "end of the road for SABC employees". Meanwhile, the SABC welcomed the ruling, saying that the ruling had “validated that the SABC’s Section 189 process has been procedurally fair and that all participating stakeholders were afforded ample opportunity to engage meaningfully". Last month, the Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, announced that the implementation of the section 189 process would be suspended until the end of the year to allow for further consultation between all the parties.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibongile Khumalo at Fin24
- Read too, Union's case against SABC dismissed, at Independent News
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