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THE BARGAINING COUNCIL’S MAIN FUNCTIONS ARE:

Offer

To offer a forum to negotiate a collective agreement between employers and employees

Resolve

To resolve labour disputes in the Meat Trade

Administer

To administer social benefit funds for employees e.g. retirement, medical aid and funeral funds

Regulate

To regulate the collective agreement as negotiated between the parties to the Bargaining Council

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History

The Bargaining Council for Meat Trade Gauteng has been operating for more than 70 years.It originated in the late 1940’s.

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Bargaining Council's Power

The Bargaining Council for Meat Trade Gauteng is a sector and area-specific Bargaining Council created in terms of the Labour Relations Act (1995).

The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides that employer and employee representative organizations within an industry or area can enter into collective agreements covering “any areas of mutual interest” and if they are majority representative of the Industry, the parties can approach the Minister of Labour to gazette these agreements and extend them to bind non-parties as well.

The collective agreement is negotiated between the parties of the Bargaining Council and once signed, is normally gazetted by the Minister of Labour. Thereafter, all persons engaged in the Meat Trade, as defined in the collective agreement, must comply with the terms of the collective agreement.

BARGAINING COUNCIL FOR MEAT TRADE GAUTENG