Question

How does Saa strike affect the national CARRIER

Answer 1

Answer:

SAA workers start strike that could cripple the airline. South African Airways (SAA) says its future is hanging in the balance after its workers went on strike on Friday to demand higher wages and protest planned job cuts, forcing the struggling state-owned carrier to cancel all flights.

Answer 2

Shortly after the airline announced that restructuring would affect about 950, the Union and the employees of South Africa's national flag carrier South African Airways (SAA) launched the strike on 15 November, 2019. They wanted more pay for their 3 000 workforces and eventually settled their demand of 8% at 5,9% - with condition. SAA is Africa’s second-largest carrier and had warned that the strike “endangers the future of the airline

Explanation:

• (SAA) has warned that the strike would put the national carrier out of business if it continued for longer, as it benefited only competing airlines. South African Airways (SAA) says its future has hung up following the strike on  to call for higher salaries and opposing proposed job cuts forcing the struggling state-owned carrier to cancel all flights. SAA forecasts it is losing R52m a day due to the strike
• Moreover, SAA's  industrial action is at an "impasse", with unions calling for a secondary "sympathy strike" A secondary strike in  could lead to a national crisis, the Airlines Association of Southern Africa warned on Monday.