HAITU remains a registered trade union, and it assured its members it will continue to recruit and deliver a service. However, the union must work with an administrator appointed by the DoEL to convene the union’s national congress and officiate over administrative affairs for a full year.
President of Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union Rich Sicina says his union will not defend criminal and abusive healthcare workers. Picture: SuppliedThe trade union said it filed for leave to appeal the decision by the Labour Court which granted an order to the Department of Employment and Labour , to place the
“It has become glaringly obvious that the DoEL is a hired gun by its sister departments in government, and this department is on a mission to destroy and loot targeted independent unions. The term of the current registrar has been plagued by nothing else, but the abuse of the LRA in attacking unions not affiliated with the ruling party,” HAITU said.
He said, instead, they are forced to use workers’ money to defend themselves against state attorneys.“They are forced to use the money of workers to defend themselves against state attorneys. The department is abusing state attorneys to advance this dirty mission that they are on, and They know the court system is soft on them and hard on unions.
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