More than 3000 workers affiliated with Numsa and Sacca downed tools at SAA on Friday over a wage dispute and plans to cut more than 900 jobs, costing the airline about R52 million a day. The interim chief financial officer Read More …
Death bells are ringing for SAA due to impending strike
The impending strike at SAA by the SA Cabin Staff Association and Numsa could mean the end of the airline. In the meantime, the Pilot Association announced that they supported the idea and that the state entity’s overall top management Read More …
‘Mother of all strikes’ ready to paralyze SAA as union hints at ‘total shutdown’ if national carrier cuts a fifth of staff
Numsa and Sacca already have a strike certificate as they accuse management of threatening them with retrenchments and call for the SAA board to be scrapped. As if their financial dire straits and the plan that they would have to Read More …
Air travellers in SA – Bring your own food, union says, as strike threatens airport catering services
Air travellers in South Africa have been warned to pack lunch boxes as there will be no food or catering services on several airlines as workers are expected to embark on a strike on Monday. This as the National Union Read More …
SAA pilots willing to strike to ‘save’ national airline – will be a first in its 80-year existence
SAA pilots said on Thursday they were willing to go on strike, if necessary, unless “critical operational and technical deficiencies” were addressed. The Pilots Association has begun the process of recruiting among its members to determine how they think about Read More …
ALERT: Passengers warned of SAA strike at OR Tambo International
Cape Town – Passengers are being advised to remain in contact with South African Airways, as a strike by its technical crew is set to get underway. Management of OR Tambo International Airport says they are aware of a strike Read More …