It is desirable for a trade union to be registered, however, registration is not strictly required in terms of the LRA. The LRA make registration desirable in that it gives certain organisational rights only to registered trade unions. These organisational rights include, but are not limited to, the right to access to a workplace to recruit new members and to consult with existing members, and also the right to have an office space within the workplace with telephone and facsimile facilities, depending on whether the union is the majority union with majority of members when compared to other unions within the workplace.
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