The June 30 national shutdown protest action being planned by anti-illegal-immigration group March & March is not a protected action in terms of the Labour Relations Act and employees participating in any action on the day will not be protected by the normal rules for protected mass action, says employer organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa). Labour federations Congress of South African Trade Unions, Federation of Unions of South Africa, South African Federation of Trade Unions and the National Council of Trade Unions have urged workers to report for work on June 30, and have warned that participation in an unprotected mass action could carry employment consequences.

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