Talks with unions and the airline are under way at SAA headquarters
The unions' demands include an 8 percent wage increase, and they also object toPhakamile Hlubi Majola, spokeswoman for the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa , one of the unions that called the strike, said they also want SAA to commit to bringing costly outsourced services back in house, which are blowing a substantial hole in SAA's budget.
"The unions have not really moved an inch in so far as their stance is concerned and this is what we are urging them to do," SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali told Reuters.
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