RE: Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 striking miners
October 9, 2012 at 1:40 am
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2012 at 1:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm)Tiberius Wrote: No, but clearly a single court for handling these cases would be better, since cases could be sorted out quickly. The last thing that should happen is a case being delayed due to the lack of a judge or a backlog of cases.Well, aside from the obvious tinkering of lawyers on both sides, I'd have to agree, justice should be swift.
Quote:Ideally, this would be a quick case to solve, but yes, of course if the company went back on the workers' contracts, then the company owes them their salaries as well as expenses that were accrued as a result of their actions (though a separate review board should have to approve expenses so that people can't try to get the company to pay for obvious luxury items).Let's say "quick" is two weeks. That's beyond reasonable isn;t it? If we could get something like this sorted out, slammed through all the paces and handled in two weeks I'd sing a hail mary...and again I agree on all counts.. However, during those two weeks....the employees wont be working, correct? Sounds like a strike. Surely we wouldn't want to suggest that they be forced (or coerced) into involuntary labor. Similarly I cant imagine a scenario in which a company is forced to renegotiate a lawful contract with a union.
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