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Talks between SAA and striking unions collapse
Numsa and the Sacca have warned they will intensify the strike across all SAA departments.
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International flights set to resume today, but not so for domestic flights
Operations at SAA had been shutdown by striking worker who are demanding wages increases, leaving passengers stranded and frustrated.
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Striking SAA workers to get mediation feedback from unions
On day three of the strike Numsa and Sacca will also brief media they met with SAA management on Saturday for further negotiations under the facilitation of the CMMA.
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‘We won't back down’: SAA workers vow to continue strike until demands met
They are demanding an 8% salary hike while SAA is offering 5,9% pay rise.
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SAA workers urged to continue fight for a living wage
Employees are demanding an 8% wage hike while the employer is offering a 5.9% pay rise.
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As talks with unions over strike begin, SAA losing R52m per day
More than 3,000 workers started striking on Friday to demand higher pay and to protest against restructuring plans involving heavy job losses.
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Talks between unions, SAA stall after call for NTM to join talks
Numsa’s Irvin Jim says SAA management has called for the inclusion of a third union in wage talks which seek to end the ongoing strike.
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Irvin Jim applauds striking SAA workers for ‘making history’
Operations have come to a halt as members Numsa and Sacca are picketing for a second day on Saturday, after talks with the employer deadlocked.
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SAA passengers urged to re-book or reroute flights as strike continues
Passengers were left stranded and frustrated after the airline was forced to ground all domestic and international flights after employees embarked on a strike.
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SAA and unions to meet with CCMA as strike enters second day
The CCMA will be a facilitate the meeting after talks between the two sides deadlocked as workers demand an 8% pay hike, while management is offering 5.9%.
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As SAA loses R52m a day, workers to resume striking on Saturday
They've dispersed for Friday after camping out since the early hours of the morning; SAA has cancelled most of its operations until Monday.
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Employees shut down SAA
Employees of the South African Airways (SAA) staged a picket at the company’s offices around the country. The protest forced passengers to make alternative travel arrangements.
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SAA flights cancelled until Monday
Scores of travellers have been standing in a queue for hours to get assistance from some employees who decided to show up for work on Friday.
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Sacca questions govt’s silence during SAA strike
Unions have blamed government and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for failing to intervene to rescue the state-owned entity.
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EFF supporters join striking SAA staff in Kempton Park
Workers are demanding an 8% salary hike, insourcing and an end to retrenchment plans.
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General workers at ORTIA hoping SAA strike leads to permanent employment
One man, who worked as a porter, said that all he wanted was a stable job.
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Satawu: SAA being unreasonable and need to come to their senses
Satawu's Zanele Sabela said that management at the national carrier took decisions unilaterally.
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Striking CT SAA workers want company to take grievances seriously
The demonstrators said that while the group was small at this stage, it would grow as the day progressed.
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SAA: All attempts to resolve union grievances failed
SAA'S acting CFO Deon Fredricks said that management had bent over backwards to make a deal with striking unions but they won't budge.
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Passengers left frustrated as SAA strike grounds operations
It's been quite a desperate situation at OR Tambo International Airport for many travellers, some of whom had no back-up plans.
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Vavi: SAA management using strike to privatise airline
Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said that the money SAA was losing for cancelling today and Saturday's flights could have easily paid for workers' 8% increase demands for a year.
