Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “appointed members” means the three members of the Tribunal appointed by the Minister under section 5 of this Act not being representative either of employers or workers; “lock-out” means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aiding another employer in compelling persons employed by him, to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment; “organisation” means an organisation representative of employers or an organisation representative of workers, as the case may be; “strike” means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed, acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons employed to continue to work for an employer in consequence of a dispute, done as a means of compelling their employer or any person or body of persons employed, or to aid other workmen in compelling their employer or any person or body of persons employed, to accept or not to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment; “trade dispute” means any dispute or difference between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and trade unions, connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment, or the conditions of labour of any person, or trade union recognition; 6 Essential Services “workman” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract be by way of manual labour, clerical work, or otherwise, be expressed or implied, oral or in writing and whether it be a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour.