The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996 states that every worker has the right to form and join a trade union participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union and to strike (Clause 23(2)).The Constitution further states that every trade union employer's organisation and employer has the right to engage in collective bargaining and everyone has the right peacefully and unarmed to assemble demonstrate picket and present petitions. It is further enacted that everyone has the right to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources and everyone has the right to have access to basic services food and water social security and education. In terms of the basic values and principles governing public administration professional ethics must be promoted and maintained and people's needs must be responded to (Chapter 10 Clause 195(1)). The Labour Relations Act 1995 endorses t