Over three thousand workers will down tools starting from 4am when the morning shift is expected to start.National Union of Metalworkers of South Afric
a and the South African Cabin Crew Association reached a deadlock in wage negotiations with South African Airways .Over 3000 workers will down tools starting from 4am when the morning shift is expected to start.SAA this week cited financial constraints and announced retrenchments of more than 900 staff members as a strategy to fix the airline. It further added that the strike action could further cripple the state-owned airline.
SACCA President, Zazi Nsibanyoni Mugambi, addressed journalists outside Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. “We must make this very clear it’s gonna cost R 50 million a day, however, they are willing to redirect that money to cancelling flights. Let me just articulate R50 million a day, two days equals to what they would have paid us for a year. If that’s not ridiculous I don’t know what is and I think management is taking us for a ride and the employees can see that so we are going out on strike tomorrow for an indefinite time.
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