Numsa, pilots association meets with SAA board
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) met with the SAA board on Thursday.
Members from both unions picketed at airports across the country on Tuesday.
Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the demand for the entire board to be sacked, and CEO Vuyani Jarana to be reinstated, was discussed at the meeting.
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"He (Jarana) produced a turnaround strategy, which won the support of government, the board and the unions. If it were not for government withdrawing its financial support and the backing of government guarantees, Jarana would not have resigned. Secondly, his turnaround strategy was not limited to government, but enjoyed private sector funding.”
Hlubi-Majola says they also want clarity on the airlines' ties to the Rothschild family.
“The Rothschilds are interfering the same way that the Gupta family was interfering in SOE’s and they are doing it for their own selfish and greedy purposes. It is clear to us that the agenda here is to collapse SAA in order to privatize it for the benefit of the Rothschilds.
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"SAA is a strategic state-owned asset and we will do everything in our power to save it from privatization."
The board has been given 7 days to discuss the unions’ demands.
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