NATIONAL TEXTILE BARGAINING COUNCIL

EMPLOYER AND TRADE UNION AGENCY SHOP COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

in accordance with the provisions of section 25 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (as amended),

made and entered into by and between the

South African Cotton Textile Processing Employers' Association (SACTPEA)

South African Carpet Manufacturing Employers' Association (SACMEA)

National Manufactured Fibres Employers' Association (NMFEA)

National Association of Worsted Textile Manufacturers (NAWTM)

Narrow Fabric Manufacturers Association (NFMA)

South African Wool and Mohair Processors' Employers' Organisation (SAWAMPEO)

National Textile Manufacturers' Association (NTMA)

South African Home Textiles Manufacturers Employers' Organisation (HOMETEX)

South African Blankets Manufacturers Employers' Organisation (SABMEO)

and the

Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)

(hereinafter referred to as the "trade union") of the one part, being the parties to the National Textile Bargaining Council

WHEREAS in terms of Section 25 of the Labour Relations Act [as amended] the aforementioned parties hereby conclude a collective agreement, to be known as an Employer and Trade Union Agency Shop Agreement, requiring all Employers who are members of the Employers Organisations as listed above, to deduct an agreed agency fee from the wages of employees identified in this agreement, who are not members of SACTWU (the representative trade union) but are eligible for membership thereof,

AND requiring all Employers who are not members of the representative Employers Organisations as listed above, but are eligible for membership, to pay an agreed agency fee as set out in Part 2 of this agreement.

NOW THEREFORE the parties set out the terms of the collective agreement as follows—