ANA reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) on Thursday came out in full support of the industrial action by its affiliated union, the United Association of SA (Uasa), as negotiations with airline Comair on a proposed multi-term wage agreement deadlocked.
Operations at the domestic and international portals of both Kulula and British Airways, both operated by Comair, were slightly delayed by 15 minutes on Thursday morning as workers downed tools and picketed in the face of ongoing wage negotiations. Uasa is demanding a 30% increase over a three-year period, while Comair is offering a 22.5% increase for the same period. Strikers include Comair customer service agents‚ ticket sales agents‚ ramp controllers‚ airport control management and special service agents. Fedusa’s general secretary, Dennis George, urgently called on Comair management “to amicably resolve the matter and approach the negotiations with the necessary commitment and wisdom to reduce the growing levels of inequality that has attributed South Africa with being the most unequal society in the world.”
- Read this report in full at Business Report
- Read too, We need more pay for this lightning work, says Comair striker, at SowetanLive
- And also, We sometimes do supervisors’ jobs‚ who earn R10k more than us, at TimesLive
- As well as, Striking Uasa members picket outside Comair’s headquarters in Kempton Park, at BDLive
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