The Citizen reports that the lock-out of FlySafair cabin crew entered its second seven-day period on Sunday as negotiations over wages and working conditions again reached a stalemate.

The SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) accused the budget carrier of disingenuous motives and negotiating tactics. The union, which represents about two-thirds of FlySafair’s cabin crew, says the airline has gone back on its word, changed agreements after the fact and ignored labour laws that protect employees. It has requested the labour department to intervene. Sacca spokesperson Feroze Kader said that from the get-go, the talks with management went awry. “They gave us one minute per line item to detail our issues and told us that they were not really interested in entertaining us,” Kader said.

Fast forward to now and the union’s issues raised remain unresolved. “Safair took and continues to hold an adversarial stance. The company’s international owners clearly don’t care too much about local staff”,” Kader claimed. Among the crew members’ issues are overtime pay, Sunday pay, meal breaks and standby time at home.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Hein Kaiser at The Citizen

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