RAVOS is interdicted from retrenching its employees who are members of TAWU without prior engagement.The applicant [TAWU] will hear on January 11, 2012 why RAVOS should not bear the costs of the legal proceedings.RAVOS and the Commissioner of Labour (the second respondent) have been granted leave to anticipate the return date by furnishing a written notice in not less than 48 hours to the union and the Registrar of the Industrial Court. This issue comes after the board of the vocational centre reached a conclusion that they do not want the Lutheran institution to be absorbed by government as it (board) was against handing over ownership of the brigade's premises as government required it. This decision means the Ministry of Education and Skills Development will discontinue providing the centre with a training fund and would only sponsor the current batch of students to completion of its studies. RAVOS would operate like other private institutions without government sponsorship, hence the downsizing exercise.
