Appellate judges fault Labour Relations Court for issuing orders in favour of the workers

In a battle that has been in courts from October 14, 2010, the union argued that employers failed to take advantage of the notice period to initiate dialogue with the union and had resorted to intimidating union employees for participating in the strike.

Thousands of tea workers who have boycotted work to protest the introduction of mechanised tea picking now risk being sacked after Court of Appeal lifted orders protecting them.

The appellate court judges faulted Employment and Labour Relations Court for issuing orders in favour of the workers while there was another suit filed by Unilever Tea Limited on the same issue, and which had not been concluded before the High Court.