EDITORIAL: Wage ‘settlement’ no way forward for SAA
With the airline, as with Eskom before it, we seem to be doing the opposite of what is required
26 November 2019 - 05:10
The SAA strike, and associated instability and financial stress that comes along with it, seems to be over. But only for now and only the brave would bet their house on the deal enduring.
For one thing, the airline, which survives on state bailouts, has signed an above-inflation agreement that it admits is unaffordable, at least without fresh injections from the taxpayer...
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