Unions pursue different routes in negotiations with SAA
THE four trade unions in wage talks with South African Airways (SAA) have given conflicting accounts about whether or not negotiations have deadlocked.The unions — Uasa, the National Transport Movement (NTM), the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) — collectively form a bargaining unit that represents ground staff and cabin crew at the airline.SAA has two additional bargaining units — one for technical staff and the other for pilots. Although Uasa said this week that negotiations had deadlocked after SAA chairwoman Dudu Myeni made comments last Friday to the effect that the carrier had money, Uasa spokesman Willie van Eeden contradicted this on Thursday, saying the union would continue with negotiations today and Monday.The NTM, which claims to be the majority union at the airline, said wage talks were continuing and had not reached a stalemate.NTM general secretary Ephraim Mphahlele said SAA was still open to talks.Mr Mp...
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