EWN reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said at a picket protest on Tuesday that Comair’s board must demonstrate that it had the airline’s best interests at heart by replacing CEO Glenn Orsmond with someone who would improve the company’s performance.
Earlier, the union handed over a memorandum of demands to Orsmond, who is faced with convincing the aviation authority to reinstate Comair’s operating licence, which has been suspended indefinitely due to safety concerns. Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said workers had made endless sacrifices to keep Comair afloat but, even then, Orsmond had failed to turn the company around. “He promised to save 2,500 jobs, instead he used his management skills to cheat us of our benefits, slash salaries and instituted a reactionary and backward collective agreement, which imposed on us. He then signed for 30% salary cuts for six months but that turned into over 12 months,” Hlubi-Majola complained.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Masechaba Sefularo at EWN
- Watch too a video clip of the NUM picket at EWN
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page