 Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Investors, ASU, said to hold a crucial meeting over the judgment of the appellate court sending its members back to class with immediate effect. The appeal court had ordered the striking lecturers to obey the earlier judgment by the National Industrial Court, which ruled that the union must suspend its prolonged industrial action while negotiations continue. ASU President Professor Emmanuel Chardek has said, that the union will review the appeal court's order before it will decide on the next line of action.