An application by the country’s largest public sector union, Nehawu, to get national and provincial health departments to urgently supply its members with much-needed protective resources to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak has been dismissed with costs by the Labour Court.
In her judgment that was issued on Saturday, Judge Benita Whitcher said she had decided to go ahead with the case after agreeing with respondents’ counsel that a determination on some of the trade union’s allegations was in the interest of justice. She said the issue could have been resolved by making the relevant inquiries or by placing additional orders or shifting resources from the hospitals which have more stock.“The applicant has not come close to establishing its central contention that, at the time it launched its application, there was a shortage of PPE at public health facilities warranting the relief it sought.
She said while it might appear at first glance Nehawu should have been exempt from a costs order as it had raised an important matter, it was shortsighted in the present circumstances.
Tipical!!!! Do these Unions ever win a Court case
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