Overview
- FlySafair cabin crew represented by SACCA downed tools from midnight on 4 November, with the airline saying flights remain fully staffed and more than two-thirds of crew are still working.
- Union demands include higher wages and roster changes, while management’s rejected offer featured a 5.7% pay rise, a 7.5% annual bonus, pay progression and added allowances, plus disputes over a “lunch-hour sacrifice.”
- Both sides agreed to seek Department of Labour guidance on specific Labour Relations Act interpretations, which the airline says is separate from the industrial action.
- NUM opened negotiations with Eskom seeking a 15% salary hike, a R7,000 monthly housing allowance and an 80% medical-aid contribution, noting the current three-year, 7% deal expires in June next year.
- NUM warns Eskom’s planned split into three entities could fracture union recognition, while Public Works leaders met King Misuzulu in Nongoma to build a social facilitation framework against construction mafias disrupting KZN projects.