Saturday Star reports that two unions have threatened to go to court to challenge the decision to appoint a business rescue practitioner at SAA without consulting them.
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) said on Friday they wanted the government to meet their conditions before accepting the business rescue process. SAA named Les Matuson as the business rescue practitioner, but Numsa and Sacca are up in arms over the move. Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said the government was directly interfering in the process and had already determined the process when it appointed Matuson. She said they want former SAA group chief executive Vuyani Jarana to be appointed as an expert and for him to work hand in hand with Matuson for them to accept this process. “If they do not accept that condition we will go to court and apply for an urgent interdict for the court to give us a directive stipulating that the business rescue application which Solidarity made continues because they have not withdrawn that application,” said Hlubi-Majola. She also said they would do everything in their power to save thousands of jobs at the airline. SAA said earlier the business rescue practitioner would determine the number of jobs that would be cut. The airline had earlier proposed to retrench 944 people, but the unions rejected this.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyabonga Mkwanazi at Independent News
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