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TimesLIVE reports that a secondary strike that could have an impact on catering in the aviation sector is on the cards, as talks between unions and South African Airways (SAA) remained deadlocked on Wednesday.
Addressing striking workers on Wednesday, National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said members at Air Chefs, a subsidiary of SAA, had served the airline with a secondary strike notice. She stated: “As of Tuesday, we served them with a notice of intent to embark on a secondary strike as Air Chefs and let me tell you what impact that is going to have. It will not only affect SAA comrades, but it will affect a lot of airlines. Comair has a strike certificate. We are coming after Acsa (Airports Company SA). If Acsa shuts down, none of the planes are moving.” Numsa said there would be “no retreat, there will be no surrender” regarding the strike. Numsa and SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) members have been on strike at SAA since Friday over wage increases. SAA has offered workers a 5.9% increase, against a demand for 8%. Hlubi-Majola said in the same way that SAA had found money to raise salaries for pilots, it should find a way to do so for other employees. On Tuesday, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan was clear after meeting with the striking unions that government was “not in a position to make money available to the airline”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by by Naledi Shange at TimesLIVE
- See too, Strike certificate issued at South Africa's Comair, says union, at Engineering News
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