But Numsa and Sacca won a small concession by persuading SAA to implement the wage increase two months earlier
A man cycles past aircraft in the SAA fleet parked at OR Tambo International Airport. Picture: GETTY IMAGES
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA and the SA Cabin Crew Association, whose 3,000 or so members lost a week’s wages, won a small concession by persuading SAA to implement the wage increase two months earlier. SAA informed employees on Thursday that it was unable to pay November salaries on schedule as it has not secured the funding it needs to continue operating. The board told a parliamentary committee last week that it must raise a minimum of R2bn to fund operations until the end of the financial year.
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