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  1. Case No 3422 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 07-MAR-22Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)The complainant organization alleges that section 66(2)(c) of the Labour Relations Act limits the right of workers to freedom of association by unduly restricting secondary strikes
  2. Definitive Report - Report No 404, October 2023 ( 84 - 120 )
  3. Case No 3391 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 31-AUG-20National Transport Movement (NTM)The complainant organization alleges the refusal by the state-owned railway agency to comply with a settlement agreement and a court order, granting it access to the workplace and deduction of trade union subscription fees
  4. Definitive Report - Report No 397, March 2022 ( 40 - 54 )
  5. Case No 3379 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 14-APR-20Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)The complainant alleges mass dismissals of its members by a metal-producing company in the context of restructuring and alleges that sections 23(1) and 189(1) of the Labour Relations Act, on which the dismissals were based, are contrary to ILO Conventions on freedom of association, in that they exclude minority unions from retrenchment consultations and do not allow them to make observations in case of extension of collective bargaining agreements
  6. Definitive Report - Report No 396, October 2021 ( 52 - 77 )
  7. Case No 3186 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 29-JAN-16the National Transport Movement (NTM)
  8. Definitive Report - Report No 381, March 2017 ( 76 - 98 )
  9. Case No 2406 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 09-DEC-04The Oil, Chemical General and Allied Workers' Union (OCGAWU)The complainant organization alleges that 963 workers have been dismissed by Volkswagen S.A. for their participation in a strike, on the basis of a narrow interpretation of the Labour Relations Act 1995, which emphasized procedural irregularities over workers’ substantive rights and had a disproportionate effect on them. The complainant also alleges employer interference in the affairs of the trade union of which the 963 workers were then members
  10. Definitive Report - Report No 340, March 2006 ( 236 - 262 )
  11. Case No 2197 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 07-MAY-02The Union of Retail, Bar and Administrative Workers (Mandate Trade Union)The complainant alleges the refusal of the South African Embassy to Ireland to meet and negotiate with the union chosen by the locally recruited personnel to represent them
  12. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 337, June 2005 ( 16 - 19 )
  13. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 334, June 2004 ( 95 - 131 )
  14. Case No 852 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 26-MAY-76International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' FederationThe Economic and Social Council of the United Nations decided to transmit the case to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the Commission on Human Rights which issued a report on 28 February 1978
  15. Case No 767 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 05-OCT-73THE LESOTHO GENERAL WORKERS' UNION
  16. Definitive Report - Report No 140, 1974 ( 4 - 8 )
  17. Case No 472 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 03-MAR-66The World Federation of Trade Unions
  18. Definitive Report - Report No 91, 1966 ( 4 - 13 )
  19. Case No 404 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 06-MAY-64The Trade Union International of Public Officials and Assimilated Workers
  20. Case No 340 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 12-JUN-63The Oxford and District Trades Council
  21. Case No 321 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 12-MAY-62The South African Congress of Trade Unions, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the World Federation of Trade Unions, the Food and Canning Workers' Union (Cape Town) and the Trade Unions International of Workers of the Food, Tobacco and Beverage Industries and Hotel, Café and Restaurant Workers (Trade Department of the World Federation of Trade Unions)
  22. Definitive Report - Report No 85, 1966 ( 59 - 166 )
  23. Case No 314 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 19-NOV-62The South African Congress of Trade Unions (S.A.C.T.U.)
  24. Definitive Report - Report No 70, 1963 ( 86 - 97 )
  25. Case No 311 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 19-FEB-63
  26. Definitive Report - Report No 85, 1966 ( 59 - 166 )
  27. Case No 300 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 12-MAY-62The South African Congress of Trade Unions (S.A.C.T.U.) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (I.C.F.T.U.)
  28. Definitive Report - Report No 85, 1966 ( 59 - 166 )
  29. Interim Report - Report No 68, 1963 ( 153 - 234 )
  30. Case No 288 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 20-MAR-62The South African Congress of Trade Unions (S.A.C.T.U.)
  31. Definitive Report - Report No 70, 1963 ( 74 - 85 )
  32. Interim Report - Report No 67, 1963 ( 118 - 135 )
  33. Case No 284 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 31-JAN-62The All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the U.S.S.R and the Confederation of Yugoslav Trade Unions
  34. Case No 278 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 29-DEC-61The South African Congress of Trade Unions (S.A.C.T.U.)
  35. Definitive Report - Report No 72, 1964 ( 39 - 54 )
  36. Interim Report - Report No 67, 1963 ( 108 - 117 )
  37. Case No 272 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 15-SEP-61The Hull and District Trades Council (United Kingdom)
  38. Case No 261 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 05-APR-61The South African Congress of Trade Unions and the World Federation of Trade Unions (W.F.T.U.)
  39. Definitive Report - Report No 66, 1963 ( 162 - 185 )
  40. Interim Report - Report No 58, 1962 ( 645 - 653 )
  41. Case No 229 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 15-APR-60The World Federation of Trade Unions (W.F.T.U)
  42. Definitive Report - Report No 56, 1961 ( 81 - 86 )
  43. Interim Report - Report No 49, 1961 ( 81 - 97 )
  44. Case No 200 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 10-JUN-59The Trade Unions International of Workers of the Food, Tobacco and Beverage Industries and Hotel, Café and Restaurant Workers (Trade Department of the World Federation of Trade Unions), the South African Congress of Trade Unions and the World Federation of Trade Unions
  45. Definitive Report - Report No 44, 1960 ( 149 - 185 )
  46. Case No 183 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 30-JUN-58The World Federation of Trade Unions
  47. Definitive Report - Report No 36, 1960 ( 121 - 132 )
  48. Case No 147 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 07-DEC-56The South African Congress of Trade Unions
  49. Interim Report - Report No 28, 1958 ( 227 - 239 )
  50. Interim Report - Report No 26, 1957 ( 104 - 111 )
  51. Case No 145 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 26-MAY-56The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  52. Definitive Report - Report No 24, 1956 ( 187 - 209 )
  53. Case No 119 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 22-MAR-55The World Federation of Trade Unions
  54. Case No 102 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 20-MAR-54The World Federation of Trade Unions and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  55. Definitive Report - Report No 15, 1955 ( 75 - 185 )
  56. Case No 63 (South Africa) - Complaint date: 31-MAY-52The World Federation of Trade Unions
  57. Definitive Report - Report No 12, 1954 ( 257 - 276 )
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