The Bargaining Council for Meat Trade Gauteng has been operating for more than 70 years. It originated in the late 1940’s. On the 2nd of July 1951, the then Industrial Council for the Retail Meat Trade was registered under the auspices of the Industrial Conciliation Act, 1937. In 1995, the Labour Relations Act created a new legislative framework and renamed Industrial Councils as Bargaining Councils.

The Bargaining Council has Jurisdiction in the Meat Industry in terms of its Scope as confirmed in the Main Collective Agreement in the Bargaining Council for the Meat Industry.