This article addresses the issue about the application of Facultative Arbitration and its effect on the redirection of negotiable behaviors of business and gremials organizations in order to achieve some previous agreement before they submitted to an arbitral tribunal. Furthermore, the authors compare the effects of the strike concept variation on the qualification of this like legal or illegal and its relationship with the emergence of Facultative Arbitration that, as an exceptional measure, complement the collective negotiation. / El presente artículo trata sobre la aplicación del Arbitraje Potestativo y su efecto en la redirección de las conductas negociales de las organizaciones gremiales y empresariales a fin de que logren un acuerdo previo antes de someterse a un tribunal arbitral. Asimismo, los autores comparan los efectos de la variación del concepto del derecho a la huelga en la calificación de esta como legal o ilegal y su relación con la aparición del Arbitraje Potestativo que, como medida excepcional, complementa la negociación colectiva.

Ancienne colonie française, le Sénégal à l'instar de beaucoup d'autres pays de l'Afrique Occidentale Française (AOF) a subi l'influence du droit français.Cependant, après les indépendances, les jeunes Etats africains, bien que s'inspirant toujours de cet héritage commun que constitue le droit français, ont essayé de bâtir leur propre législation en tenant compte des contextes sociologique, politique, mais surtout économique. Ainsi, au Sénégal, le législateur, sous prétexte des réalités locales, mais aussi de la nécessité du développement, a instauré un droit des relations collectives de travail en général, et des conflits collectifs du travail en particulier, fondée sur une conception assez particulière du syndicalisme, qui vise à accentuer leur responsabilité (sans pour autant occulter celle des grévistes) et qui finalement, aboutit à une limitation du droit de grève, qu'on jugera excessive. Ainsi, force est de constater qu'aujourd'hui, ce droit sénégalais des conflits collectifs tranche sur plusieurs points avec le droit français.L'étude de la responsabilité à l'occasion des conflits collectifs de travail nous permet de faire le bilan, de voir ce qui reste de cet héritage juridique que constitue le droit français, et dans quelle mesure il peut toujours constituer une référence pour le Sénégal, compte tenu des objectifs visés et surtout du contexte nécessairement différent dans lequel s'exercent les conflits collectifs du travail. / The Former French colony , Senegal following the example of many of the other countries of French West Africa ( AOF) underwent the influence of the French law.However, after the independences, the young African States, although being always inspired by this common inheritance which establishes the French law, tried to build their own legislation by taking into account sociological, political, but especially economic contexts. So, in Senegal, the legislator, under pretext of the local realities, but also the necessity of the development, established a law of the collective working relations generally, and the collective conflicts of the work in particular, based on a rather particular conception of the trade unionism, which aims at stressing their responsibility (without hidting that of the strikers) and which finally, ends in a limitation of the right to strike, which we shall judge. So, we have to admit that today, this right Senegalese of the collective conflicts cuts on several points with the French law.The study of the responsibility on the occasion of the collective working conflicts allows us to draw up the balance sheet, to see what stays of this legal inheritance which establishes the French law, and in which measure he can always establish a reference for Senegal, considering the aimed objectives and especially considering the inevitably different context in which practice the collective conflicts of the work.

In the first section of the dissertation, strike law in the Netherlands is focused upon. The following issues are inter alia dealt with: the historical background of the strike phenomenon, the right to strike and restrictions on this right, the reluctance of the Dutch legislature to legislate in the field of industrial action, and the directly applicable provisions of the European Social Charter. The second section of the dissertation deals with South African strike law and also starts off with a discussion of the historical background thereof, whereafter the provisions of the 1995 Labour Relations Act are analysed and discussed. The third and last section highlights some of the major differences and points to some similarities between the two legal systems. It concludes that the detailed South African labour legislation does not provide more certainty than the Dutch judge-made law in respect of the law relating to strikes. / Law / LL.M.

Au Québec, les négociations collectives dans les secteurs public et parapublic ainsi que dans les services publics sont assujetties aux règles du Code du travail (L.R.Q. C.-27). Certains secteurs dispensant des services dits essentiels, comme le transport en commun et le secteur de la santé et des services sociaux, ont à respecter des règles particulières, différentes de celles des autres secteurs assujettis au régime général édicté par le Code. Ces règles particulières constituent ce qu’on appelle le régime des services essentiels. Les négociations dans les services essentiels comportent des particularités importantes – considérations politiques et absence de substituts des services publics pour la population – qui les distinguent de façon notable des négociations qui se déroulent sous l’égide du modèle général de négociation collective édicté au Code et applicable dans les autres secteurs (Bergeron et Paquet, 2006). Quels sont les effets du régime des services essentiels sur la négociation collective dans le secteur du transport en commun et de la santé et des services sociaux? Dans le cadre de cette recherche, nous avons examiné les effets du régime des services essentiels (les règles du Code du travail et les décisions du Conseil des services essentiels) sur différents aspects de la négociation collective : 1) la mobilisation, 2) le rapport de force, 3) les moyens de pression, 4) le déroulement des négociations, 5) l’arrêt de travail, 6) les résultats de la négociation collective et 7) le climat de travail. Afin d’étudier ces négociations atypiques dans notre système de relations industrielles, nous avons réalisé deux études de cas (secteur du transport en commun et secteur de la santé et des services sociaux). Les résultats indiquent bien que le régime des services essentiels influence le processus de négociation collective dans ces secteurs. Par contre, la comparaison des deux secteurs montre que les règles additionnelles auxquelles est assujetti le secteur de la santé et des services sociaux n’apparaissent pas affecter de façon déterminante le processus de négociation collective. / In Québec, collective bargaining in the public sector is to follow the rules established by the Labour Code (L.R.Q. C.-27). Certain sectors, providing essential services such as the public transit sector and the health and social services sector have additional rules. Those rules are referred to as the essential services legislation. Negotiations occurring within this structure have noticeable differences - the exclusion of political considerations, on the one hand, and the lack of a replacement for public services for the public, on the other hand – that distinguishes them from the more common framework of collective bargaining established by the Labor Code for other sectors of activity (Bergeron et Paquet, 2006). We ask the question: what are the impacts of the essentials services legislation on collective bargaining? For this research project, we have analysed the impact of the essential services legislation (rules by the Labor Code and decisions rendered by the Essential services board) on different aspects of collective bargaining: 1) mobilization, 2) power bargaining, 3) pressure tactics, 4) flow of negotiation, 5) work stoppage, 6) results of collective bargaining and 7) work climat. We carried out two case studies in order to study the atypical negotiations in our industrial relations system. The first study was in the public transit sector and the second in the health and social services sector. The results demonstrate that the essential services legislation influences collective bargaining. But the additional constraints in the social services sector do not seem to influence, on a larger scale, the collective bargaining for that sector of activity.

Au Québec, les négociations collectives dans les secteurs public et parapublic ainsi que dans les services publics sont assujetties aux règles du Code du travail (L.R.Q. C.-27). Certains secteurs dispensant des services dits essentiels, comme le transport en commun et le secteur de la santé et des services sociaux, ont à respecter des règles particulières, différentes de celles des autres secteurs assujettis au régime général édicté par le Code. Ces règles particulières constituent ce qu’on appelle le régime des services essentiels. Les négociations dans les services essentiels comportent des particularités importantes – considérations politiques et absence de substituts des services publics pour la population – qui les distinguent de façon notable des négociations qui se déroulent sous l’égide du modèle général de négociation collective édicté au Code et applicable dans les autres secteurs (Bergeron et Paquet, 2006). Quels sont les effets du régime des services essentiels sur la négociation collective dans le secteur du transport en commun et de la santé et des services sociaux? Dans le cadre de cette recherche, nous avons examiné les effets du régime des services essentiels (les règles du Code du travail et les décisions du Conseil des services essentiels) sur différents aspects de la négociation collective : 1) la mobilisation, 2) le rapport de force, 3) les moyens de pression, 4) le déroulement des négociations, 5) l’arrêt de travail, 6) les résultats de la négociation collective et 7) le climat de travail. Afin d’étudier ces négociations atypiques dans notre système de relations industrielles, nous avons réalisé deux études de cas (secteur du transport en commun et secteur de la santé et des services sociaux). Les résultats indiquent bien que le régime des services essentiels influence le processus de négociation collective dans ces secteurs. Par contre, la comparaison des deux secteurs montre que les règles additionnelles auxquelles est assujetti le secteur de la santé et des services sociaux n’apparaissent pas affecter de façon déterminante le processus de négociation collective. / In Québec, collective bargaining in the public sector is to follow the rules established by the Labour Code (L.R.Q. C.-27). Certain sectors, providing essential services such as the public transit sector and the health and social services sector have additional rules. Those rules are referred to as the essential services legislation. Negotiations occurring within this structure have noticeable differences - the exclusion of political considerations, on the one hand, and the lack of a replacement for public services for the public, on the other hand – that distinguishes them from the more common framework of collective bargaining established by the Labor Code for other sectors of activity (Bergeron et Paquet, 2006). We ask the question: what are the impacts of the essentials services legislation on collective bargaining? For this research project, we have analysed the impact of the essential services legislation (rules by the Labor Code and decisions rendered by the Essential services board) on different aspects of collective bargaining: 1) mobilization, 2) power bargaining, 3) pressure tactics, 4) flow of negotiation, 5) work stoppage, 6) results of collective bargaining and 7) work climat. We carried out two case studies in order to study the atypical negotiations in our industrial relations system. The first study was in the public transit sector and the second in the health and social services sector. The results demonstrate that the essential services legislation influences collective bargaining. But the additional constraints in the social services sector do not seem to influence, on a larger scale, the collective bargaining for that sector of activity.

In the first section of the dissertation, strike law in the Netherlands is focused upon. The following issues are inter alia dealt with: the historical background of the strike phenomenon, the right to strike and restrictions on this right, the reluctance of the Dutch legislature to legislate in the field of industrial action, and the directly applicable provisions of the European Social Charter. The second section of the dissertation deals with South African strike law and also starts off with a discussion of the historical background thereof, whereafter the provisions of the 1995 Labour Relations Act are analysed and discussed. The third and last section highlights some of the major differences and points to some similarities between the two legal systems. It concludes that the detailed South African labour legislation does not provide more certainty than the Dutch judge-made law in respect of the law relating to strikes. / Law / LL.M.

In South Africa, the right to protest is under constant threat as a result of the state response. Increasing cases of forceful policing and sometimes unlawful procedural prohibitions of protest attest to this. This study aims to firstly describe this situation through securitisation theory, essentially arguing that South Africa has become a securitised state. It also aims to understand how this is sustained by the state and why the state needs to use a securitised response to maintain power. Interviews were conducted with members of different communities and organisations. Their responses helped to illustrate the frustration of the right to protest or brutal policing during a protest. This provided primary evidence to support the claims of the study. The research shows that claims to protest are being delegitimised under the guise of security as protestors are being constructed as threats to the state. This is further substantiated by looking at how the reorganisation and remililtarisation of the South African Police perpetuates the criminalisation of protestors which necessitates a forceful response from the state. Furthermore, it shows that there is a distinct relationship between the prohibition of protest and the recent increase in ‘violent’ protests which legitimate forceful policing thereby creating a state sustained cycle of violence. The larger implication of this treatment is that these protestors are treated as non- citizens who are definitively excluded from participating in governance. In understanding why this is taking place, it is clear that a securtitised response is an attempt to maintain power by dispelling any threats to power, a response which is seen to have a long history in the African National Congress (ANC) when examining the politics of the ANC during exile. Maintaining power in this way distracts from the larger agenda of the state, which this thesis argues, is to mask the unraveling of the ANC’s hegemony and inability to maintain national unity. In other words, the increasing dissatisfaction of some of the citizenry which has manifested through protest greatly undermines the legitimacy of the government to provide for its people.

The effective management of a strike is generally a challenging phenomenon which impacts on employers, employees and the general public. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the legal implications of employees’ participation in an unprotected strike. The study also explored requirements for a strike to be protected in compliance with the prescribed legislation. From the literary review, cases and legislation, it became clear that compliance plays a key role when a consideration is taken by employees to take part in a strike during dispute resolution. In analysing the legal consequences for participating in an unprotected strike, a finding was made that employers in the end have an upper hand in that when all due processes and procedures are followed, they are empowered to dismiss employees. Legislation and international standards form the cornerstone upon which dispute resolution mechanisms and the rights of employers and employees are derived from. / Mercantile Law / LL.M. (Labour law)

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