House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes the wage agreement reached between the South African Airways, SAA, the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa and the South African Airways Cabin Crew Association ratified on 21 November 2019;
2) also notes that the unions took industrial action against SAA because of the failure of the employer to be reasonable to the plight of workers of the SAA;
3) acknowledge that the agreement inter alia includes an increase of 5,9% on total cost of employment retrospectively to 1 April 2019 which will be paid in February 2020 payroll, subject to the availability of funding;
4) also acknowledges that the back payment for the first six months from April to September 2019 will be paid in March 2020 payroll, and the remaining four months from October 2019 to January 2020 back pay will be paid on the April 2020 payroll;
5) further acknowledges that this is victory for the workers and a lesson to the capitalist that the workers must not suffer because of the greedy and mismanagement of companies by bosses who earn offensively high salaries; and
6) congratulates the unions and the SAA for finally reaching an agreement.
Power to the workers!
Phansi ngama-capitalist phansi!
AMALUNGU AHLONIPHEKILE: Phansi!