Labour loopholes again exposed

While the nature of their businesses vary, the common vein in both developments is the apparent unrepresentative nature of the retrenchment process. Workers in both companies are not disputing the reasons for the retrenchments. In the trucking business, management has cited the loss of a key contract, while in the other, the contractor has lost a crucial contract at a nickel mine.

The reasons are sound, in so far as the information available would suggest. The trouble is the process.