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Article

12 Feb 2014

Author:
Leandi Kolver, Engineering News (So. Africa)

Court rules in favour of Solidarity in SAAT [South African Airways Technical] discrimination case [So. Africa]

The Labour Court in Johannesburg...ruled in favour of Solidarity in the union’s case against South African Airways Technical (SAAT) concerning racial discrimination, after a settlement had been reached between Solidarity and SAAT...Solidarity said, at SAAT, posts had been reserved for black candidates, who were as then not forthcoming, despite the fact that white candidates had applied and were found suitable for the advertised posts...The Court...ruled that one of the Solidarity members...had to be appointed with immediate effect to the position of aviation technician...while another of the union’s members...had to be compensated to the tune of more than R159 000...[A] third Solidarity member...[was]...appointed aviation technician retrospectively...The Court had also ordered SAAT to pay [the] legal costs in full...