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According to the unions, business rescue professionals are offering workers three months’ pay and a check number 13, but they will have to give up the remaining five months of wages.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will present the country’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on October 15, 2020. Image: @ PresidencyZA / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – The South African National Metalworkers Union (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the South African Airways (SAA) saga with workers still waiting wages that have not ‘been paid in eight months.
According to the unions, business rescue professionals are offering workers three months’ pay and a check number 13, but they will have to give up the remaining five months of wages.
Unions are now threatening to go to court if workers are not paid in full.
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Numsa said that professionals from the business rescue and the Department of Public Enterprises were circumventing the unions and were trying to convince individual workers to accept the offer.
Spokeswoman Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said workers had been told that it was a necessary sacrifice they had to make to ensure the long-term viability of the airline.
“We condemn Gordhan for his dishonest approach and the shocking and callous way in which he has handled this situation. The minister does not care about the sacrifices that workers and their families make ”.
Meanwhile, the Public Enterprises Department said a regulatory agreement signed with SAA pilots would make the new airline less attractive to potential partners.
The department said it supported the decision by SAA’s business rescue professionals to block the pilots as of Friday.
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Administrators have given the pilots until noon Friday to agree on new terms and conditions of employment.
This includes a full review of wages and benefits that the Department of Public Enterprises says will prevent the new airline from taking off.
Richard Mantu of the department said: “We urge the pilot industry to negotiate in good faith, as all SAA workers have to make huge commitments to salaries and benefits to enable the launch of the new airline.”
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