Threshold – Trade Union Organisational Rights. The terms of this Agreement and the application thereof shall be subject to the following in respect of trade union organisational rights threshold: Any trade union duly registered in terms of section 96 of the Labour Relations Act and that can prove by means of reasonable identification, membership of employees in the Industry that it has a membership of at least 15% of the total number of employees in the Industry, shall be recognised as a sufficiently representative trade union entitled to exercise the rights set out in sections 12, 13 and 15 of the Labour Relations Act. As soon as sufficient representativeness has been proved to the parties, such sufficiently representative trade union shall be entitled to be treated for organisational purposes on an equal and fair footing with the other trade unions who are already members of the Bargaining Council.
