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BL Premium reports that the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca), which is trying to regain recognition at SA Airways (SAA), plans to march to the airline’s head office at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday.
The union is also demanding the immediate intervention of the Minister of Transport and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in cases of wasteful expenditure and corrupt practices. It is moreover demanding that the employees retrenched in the airline’s business rescue process be given priority when new appointments are made. Another demand is the ending of lease agreements with foreign airlines. “We are also worried that SAA might consider selling London slots as well as SAA property to raise money to survive. Morale at the airline is very low due to the lack of protection from unions like ours,” said Sacca’s Chris Shabangu. Further possible marches are planned for 22 and 29 November as well as 6 December. In SAA’s business rescue process, which concluded in April 2021, its workforce was reduced from 4,500 employees to about 1,000. As part of the process, the airline had to renegotiate and sign new agreements with all trade unions. According to SAA, Sacca failed in its application for recognition at the time, resulting in it being formally derecognised. On Thursday, SSA said it was still working with Sacca to allow it to meet the requirements of the Labour Relations Act for recognition. SAA has since approached the Labour Court to rule on the matter.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Carin Smith at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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