The National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) says the South African Airline (SAA) board needs to be held to account too and not just the workers for the challenges that the airline is facing. Workers at the state owned airline have been on strike since Friday over wages and the possibility of retrenchments.[…]
South African Airways (SAA) resumed its international flights on Sunday. With regards to the domestic flights, they say Mango airlines as well as SA Express have increased capacity as part of the contingency plan to help SAA customers. SA Air Link will be assisting in the SADC region. Earlier, SAA[…]
The South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) has described as self-sabotage SAA’s decision to cancel all its domestic, regional and international flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The cancellations come amid an announcement by SACCA and NUMSA that their members will embark on industrial action Friday morning over a wage[…]
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has advised people who intend to fly that its members at Airchefs will embark on a strike if the Labour Court in Johannesburg rules in favour of the union on Monday. Members affiliated to NUMSA opted to down tools after the withdrawal of[…]
A strike by Comair workers could severely impact the company’s operations. That’s the warning from the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa). Numsa plans to down tools on Thursday over wage disparities at the airline. Meanwhile, Comair is trying to interdict the strike. The planned strike will affect all Comair flights[…]
Ahead of the Easter weekend rush, staff of Comair affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) have issued their employer with a 48-hour notice to strike. In a statement on Tuesday, the union said workers were downing tools over wage disparities at the airline. They want the[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to “dedicated” former National Union of Metalworkers South Africa (Numsa) president Cedric Gina as condolences continued to pour in for him. The trade unionist died on Monday in Addington Hospital in Durban following an illness. Ramaphosa said that he was sad to learn of the death[…]
Numsa says the Minimum Wage Bill will push the black working class further into deeper poverty. Global wages grew by 1.8% in 2017. It is the lowest rate in nine years, after having grown by 2.4% in 2016. This is contained in the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) two-yearly Global Wage[…]
A “wildcat” strike by MyCiti bus drivers entered its third day on Wednesday with some routes disrupted in Cape Town. Amid disgruntled and frustrated comments from commuters, the MyCiti social media accounts announced around 07:00 that the following routes were currently operational: T03, T02, X02, D01, D02, D03, D04, 101,[…]
Yesterday more than ten-thousand members of metalworkers’ union Numsa in the plastics sector embarked on an indefinite national strike. Workers participating in the nationwide strike are demanding a 15-per cent salary increase. More than ten thousand members of metalworkers’ union Numsa have downed tools on Monday over salary increases and[…]
WhatsApp us 