With regard to the above abstract identify the type of collection agreement Metcash Trading entered into with the union. Greathead, Brlan Courtney Appellant and South African Commercial Catering & Allied WorkersUnionThe respondent is a trade union duly registered in terms of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 ("theAct"), and hereinafter called "the union". On 2 July 1997 the union and Metcash Trading Limited("Metcash") had an agreement provided for in 25 of the Act. Since the agreement was a "collectiveagreement" it had to be in writing. The agreement required Metcash as the employer to deduct anagreed monthly agency fee from the wages of those of its employees who were not members of theunion and to remit the agency fees so deducted to the union. (I shall assume that the parties to theagreement intended that all those employees who were non-union members should fall within theobscure definition of "affected 3 employees" contained in the agreement).The appellant is employed by Metcash as a retail adviser. He is one of the affected employees who isstrongly opposed to the union and its policies and affiliations. He objects to the imposition upon himof the agreement on the grounds that it contravenes his constitutional right to: 1. freedom ofassociation in terms of s 18 ("Bill of Rights") of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of1996; and 2. Freedom of political choice in terms of s 19(1) of the Bill of Rights. In this agency shopagreement there was no part in this agreement which stated that employees to whom the agreementhad extended were not compelled to join majority union.The appellant launched an application in the Witwatersrand Local Division for an order againstMetcash as first respondent and the union as second respondent: "1. Declaring that the agreemententered into between the first respondent and the second respondent on 2 July 1997 infringes uponthe applicant's rights to:1. Freedom of association2. Freedom to make political choices3. Freedom from servitude or forced labour.

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