65 fired for not reporting colleagues

[schumi]

Durban - There is no protection in remaining silent while others commit violent acts during strikes, and snitching on your colleagues may be the best policy to keep your job.

This was the upshot of a recent ruling in the Durban Labour Court which found that workers fired for failing to report their colleagues involved in the violence had been fairly dismissed.

The case before Judge David Gush involved an incident at Dunlop in Howick when workers went on strike in August 2012.

The workers were represented by their union, the National Union of Metalworkers, during the court case.

The company went to court to review an arbitrator’s decision that 65 workers had been unfairly dismissed, and found that the dismissals had been lawful as the trust relationship between the company and workers had broken down.

The protected strike, over a wage dispute, involved violent acts in which striking workers threw stones and sticks at vehicles entering and leaving the premises.

More at:http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/65-fired-for-not-reporting-colleagues-2025017

 

[Dave]

Sounds like a sensible decision.

 

[xodosman123]

Good....

 

[Solarion]

Please choose one of the following:

1. Rat on your colleagues and possibly get killed for it.
2. Get fired.

 

[3WA]

Sensible decision.

 

[SykomantiS]

Good. +1

 

[Necropolis]

Good.

 

[konfab]

racists... how dare the court impede the employee's right to destroy the property of others.

 

[Hemi300c]

Good

 

[GoneWithTheWindows]

Bit of good news. Hopefully A LOT more of this will happen with the violent strikes.

 

[Acid0]

Please choose one of the following:

1. Rat on your colleagues and possibly get killed for it.
2. Get fired.

I hear what you say, but there is channels to stay anonymous and report incidents.

 

[Milano]

Accountability. The only way out of crisis.