Balancing the right to strike by public health care workers against the right of patients: lessons from abroad.
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2022
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The research will address the right to strike by public health care workers versus the
fundamental right to access to health care. The objective of this research is to establish what
the right to strike by health care workers entails. Furthermore, the research will establish
how to balance the right to embark on a strike by health care workers and the right of patients
to access health care. The goal of the research is not only to find remedies that will reduce
strikes within the health sector in South Africa but to also to ensure that both the right to
strike and the right to access health care are not violated. The research will focus on the
labour laws of South Africa which regulate the right to strike. In this regard, the research
will highlight not only the right to strike in terms of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, but also the international norms
of such right as well as the substantive and procedural limitations. The research will further
establish to what extent health care workers can exercise the right to strike. Such laws will
be compared with laws of Canada and Australia in relation to the right to strike by health
care workers and the right to access health care.
The research will further discuss recommendations for curbing strikes within the health
sector.
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Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.