In UPUSA v Komming Knitting, an important case in South African labour law, heard by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the Commissioner extended the right to access the workplace, together with the right to deductions of union subscriptions, to a union which, at the time of the award, represented just seven employees out of 31. The Commissioner made this decision on the basis
The Commissioner held that the union seemed capable of recruiting a majority of the workers at the workplace.
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