Unions win important Labour Appeal Court victory in SAA retrenchments case

In a joint statement, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) have welcomed the dismissal, by the Labour Appeal Court, of the appeal by the Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) of South African Airways (SAA) against a Labour Court judgement in May. That judgment held that the BRPs could not undertake retrenchments at SAA without first having developed a business rescue plan. (SAA, the State-owned national flag carrier, is …