Economics

Escalating South African Airways Strike to Test Ramaphosa

Labor action at SAA could spread to other carriers, industries
Public enterprises minister says SAA isn’t too big to fail

South African Airways workers and union members picket outside O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, on Nov. 15.Photographer: Michele Spatari/AFP viaa Getty Images

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By Paul Burkhardt

November 18, 2019 at 7:16 AM EST

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November 18, 2019 at 9:48 AM EST

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Labor unions are threatening to bring air travel in South Africa to a standstill as they test the government’s resolve to stabilize the loss-making national carrier.

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