Strike could ground Comair flights‚ warns Numsa
The union cites Comair’s profits, which it says are entirely due to the performance of labour
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has threatened to down tools and ground flights. Numsa said on Wednesday that it would go on strike next Thursday if it did not mediate its differences with Comair and British Airways (BA) via the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)‚ scheduled for Tuesday. “If we embark on a strike it will be a national strike affecting services for these airlines at all the major airports nationally‚” Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said. “The public will be hugely inconvenienced by a strike at this time of the year‚ and this will hurt [the airlines’] profits.” Comair operates and manages BA and Kulula Airlines in SA. It has 2‚206 South African employees‚ with 373 belonging to Numsa. Numsa is demanding a 12% salary increase; a 13th cheque; travel allowances; more shop stewards; 15% of basic salary for shift allowances; and a daily overtime allowance. Comair made R325m in profits the latest financial year and Jim believes w...
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