News24 reports that FlySafair remains embroiled in a labour dispute with the SA Cabin Crew Association (SACCA), after the union’s members rejected the airline’s latest wage offer.
FlySafair locked out some of the union’s members on Monday (3 November) following a deadlock in wage negotiations. The airline prevented a third of its cabin crew from working after they refused to sign a wage offer. As part of mediation sessions at the CCMA on Thursday, the airline presented workers with a new offer, which the union rejected on Friday. The offer included salary increases ranging from 6% to 6.5%, from a previous 5.7% offer. It also offered a guaranteed 7.5% annual bonus, along with additional allowances and progression increases and improvements to uniform and commission structures.
SACCA’s Christopher Shabangu said that the union had rejected the “watered down offer”, and still disagreed with the multi-year wage offer as well as other proposals, including meal allowances. Shabangu said the union was now waiting for the CCMA to issue a strike certificate. The strike is most likely to happen late next week, he indicated. FlySafair said that more than two-thirds of its cabin crew have still been on duty since Monday, and that its operations have not been disrupted. Half of union members have accepted the offer, the airline claimed.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Aurelia Mouton at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
- Lees ook, Vakbond vir kajuitbemanning stem op die nipper teen FlySafair-aanbod, by Rapport (toegang slegs vir intekenare)
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