key challenges facing collective bargaining in south africa
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KEY CHALLENGES FACING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THOUGHTS ON ADDRESSING THEM
PRESENTATION TO
UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND
LLM CLASS OF 2015 3 1 S T O C T O B E R 2 0 1 5
TYPICAL BARGAINING PROCESS
EXCHANGING
DEMANDS
NEGOTIATION
MEETINGS
DISPUTE
REFERRAL
INDUSTRIAL
ACTION
MANDATING
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENT
EMPLOYERS
TRADE UNIONS
STATUTORY
CONCILIATION
OBTAINING
MANDATES
DEADLOCK
LENGTHY WAGE NEGOTIATION
PROCESSES
PROTRACTED INDUSTRIAL ACTION
VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION
INCREASING LEGAL AND SOCIETAL
CHALLENGES TO NEGOTIATED
OUTCOMES
ESCALATING LABOUR MARKET
CONFLICT
EXTREME CONSEQUENCES
SYMPTOMS OF DYSFUNCTIONALITY
SOURCES OF DYSFUNCTIONALITY
ENVIRONMENT
RELATED
BUSINESS
RELATED
LABOUR
RELATED
RELATIONSHIP
AND PROCESS
RELATED
LOW TRADE
UNION
DENSITY
ABSENCE OF
AN AGREED
STANDARD TO
INFORM WAGE
DEMANDS AND
OFFERS
KEY CHALLENGES
REJECTION OF
BARGAINING
OUTCOMES
OVER-RELIANCE ON
LEGAL AND
STATUTORY
MEASURES
STAKEHOLDER
RELATIONAL
DYNAMICS
VIOLENCE AND
INTIMIDATION
ASSOCIATED
WITH
INDUSTRIAL
ACTION
GROWING
NETWORK OF
FINANCIAL
DEPENDENCE
MERGING OF
WORKPLACE
AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
ISSUES
INEFFECTIVE
INTERACTION
AND
NEGOTIATION
PROCESSES
THOUGHTS ON ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
IMPROVEMENT PROCESS
CONFIDENCE BUILDING
MEASURES
WORKPLACE CONFLICT
ASSESSMENT TOOL
NEGOTIATION PRACTICE
CAPACITY BUILDING
PROMOTING MUTUAL
GAINS BARGAINING
CCMA INITIATIVES GOING FORWARD
LABOUR MARKET
CONFLICT PREDICTION
TOOL
PROMOTING VOLUNTARY
INTEREST ARBITRATION