BusinessLive reports that a secondary strike that could affect airline catering 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 Air Chefs, a subsidiary of SAA, had served the airline with a secondary strike notice.  She also indicated as follows:  “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.  On Tuesday, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan issued a statement after meeting with striking unions making it clear that the government was “not in a position to make money available to the airline”.  SAA has offered workers a 5.9% increase, but they are demanding 8%.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Naledi Shange at BusinessLive

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