Strike season is in full swing with more and more workers in issuing employers with notices of industrial action on pay disputes. Pilots at Mango Airlines downed tools on Monday after pay talks collapsed, resulting in the airlines scrambling to make other arrangements for flights. Mango spokesman Sergio dos Santos said on Monday that the airline had to move passengers to other carriers. Pilots and other workers at Mango are demanding 8.5% pay increases while the company has offered 6%. “Overall, there have been delays on a number of our flights. Where we could, we accommodated people on other operators throughout the day [Monday],” Dos Santos said. Also on Monday, 1,800 Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) members employed at Coca-Cola Fortune, a bottling company associated with Coca-Cola Beverages SA, embarked on a strike. According to Fawu, the workers are protesting against a restructuring programme that will bind workers to a permanent six-day work shift regime and a permanent n...
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