Business Rescue Practitioners (BRP)
South African airline Comair suspends all operations amid uncertainty about workers’ wages
NUMSA, which represents 700 of the airline’s employees, picketed the Comair premises on June 3 after the management refused to confirm till when operations will remain suspended and whether the workers will be paid in this period
South African airline Comair reinstates medical cover after union goes to labor court
Comair had decided to stop providing medical cover to its employees on September 1. Subsequently, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa challenged the decision in a labor court
South African unions continue fight to save national airline
Three major unions have offered to take up to 49% pay cut for the next two months due to the financial distress at South African Airways, while Business Rescue Practitioners have allegedly rejected the unions’ offer and recommended the winding down of the airlines
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