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
NUMSA demands Comair course correct to save the airline and jobs
South Africa’s metalworkers union denounces the CEO’s cost-cutting measures for compromising with safety
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
Comair workers in South Africa yet to receive pay while business rescue plan becomes more costly
Serious questions of conflict of interest have been raised as the business rescue practitioners ask the ailing airline to pay R250,000 per month to Redford Capital – a consultancy firm of which they themselves are the directors.
South African Union calls for resignation of CEO of Comair
The airline withheld workers’ salaries for May and the union has argued that the company is using the pandemic as “a cover for the restructuring which is taking place”
NUMSA condemns South African airline Comair’s bid for ‘business rescue’
The spokesperson of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa said that the real intention behind Comair opting for business rescue could be to continue with its retrenchment plans under the guise of dealing with the lockdown
South African Labor court set to give its final judgement on the legality of strike by Comair workers
A strike was called by NUMSA to force Comair to comply with the principle of “Equal pay for equal work”, the labor court prohibited the strike and is set to state its reasons today
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