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SAA's BRP accused of failing to consult unions over retrenchments
Numsa and the South Africa Cabin Crew Association gave SAA's rescue practitioners until the end of Tuesday to make available their plan to them to study or face legal action.
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Numsa, Sacca to approach courts to compel SAA to consult unions
The unions are adamant they were not consulted as stipulated in the Companies Act.
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Judgment reserved in unions’ appeal to halt SAA retrenchments
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association want to stop SAA from laying-off workers as part of its turnaround strategy.
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Numsa: SAA managers still running show despite being under business rescue
The union, together with Sacca, filed papers in the Labour Court seeking to interdict the airline’s business rescue practitioners from retrenching workers.
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Numsa claims 'secret plan' under way to sell SAA
The union and the South African Cabin Crew Association filed papers in the Labour Court earlier on Tuesday seeking to interdict the practitioners from implementing job cuts.
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Unions lash SAA for 'failing to consult' employees over cancelled routes
Numsa and Sacca were insisting there were other ways to save the airline instead of cutting routes and threatening job security.
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Business rescue practitioners urged to intensify efforts to ease SAA's cash woes
The national carrier has scored a R3.5 billion cash injection from the Development Bank of Southern Africa aimed at helping with operations and improving productivity.
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Unions warn of thousands of job losses should SAA collapse
The national carrier last month received R3.5 million in emergency funding from the Development Bank of Southern Africa and entered a form of bankruptcy protection in December.
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Sacca ‘needs space’ to investigate Southern Cape plane crash
Three people died after the Cessna crashed minutes after take-off from George Airport this past week.
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SAA: Numsa, Sacca back Solidarity’s bid to stop Matuson appointment
Les Matuson was announced by government, as the man to lead the process, aimed at saving SAA from collapse due to financial difficulty.
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SAA appoints Les Matuson to lead business rescue process
Trade unions had given the board until Friday to provide an undertaking that they would not play a role in this appointment.
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Numsa, Sacca reject claims that strike crippled SAA financially
The workers' unions says the current board and senior management of SAA knew the dire straits the company was in prior to the strikes and should take responsibility for it.
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SAA workers paid half of their November salaries - Numsa
The union said workers were assured that the rest of this month’s pay would be made on Monday.
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Talks begin on what's next for SAA after wage deal
SAA and trade unions, including those that enjoy minority support by workers at the state-owned airline, will meet for the first time since the company announced 944 people could lose their jobs due to the restructuring.
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Up, up and away – SAA confirms all flights back on schedule
SAA workers have returned to work on Saturday after unions signed a 5.9% wage agreement with the embattled airline on Friday.
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It’s not all blue skies for SAA as Scopa now wants it to account
While SAA makes plans to recover from a bruising wage strike, Scopa has slammed it for what it calls a total disregard of parliamentary process.
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It’s back to business, says SAA after 8-day strike
Services are expected to return to normal after unions signed a 5.9% wage agreement with the carrier, after initially demanding an 8% increase, ending the wage strike.
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SAA task team to begin search for salary increase difference in two weeks
The team will need to find 2.1% for salaries after unions agreed on a 5.9% pay increase retrospective to April this year.
