Essential service workers join strike
Monday, May 09, 2011
On Friday, the Industrial Court made the final judgement that essential service workers cannot go on strike.
During the first week of the strike, the court had made an interim order that workers in government departments, which are considered to be providing essential services, should go back to work. This was after the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) had taken the unions to court about the striking essential services workers.
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