Unions rebuff claims that strike deepened SAA’s financial woes
Numsa and Sacca say Pravin Gordhan’s claims are ‘opportunistic’ and that the SAA board and senior management put the airline in this position
03 December 2019 - 18:25
The two largest unions at SAA said minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan’s attempt to attribute SAA’s deepening financial crisis to their week-long strike is an opportunistic attempt to deflect attention from management and board failures.
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) members at the airline went on an eight-day strike before accepting a 5.9% pay rise offered by the airline. ..
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