"KQ has looked to Thai, Indian and Ghanaian cabin crew probably because they are cheap, and these countries are way ahead in the race to the bottom. The much touted project Mawingu embraces and encourages the theory of the race to the bottom. Locally, KQ has turned to Career Directions, a labour outsourcing firm, to avoid the regulatory burdens that have been imposed by what Naikuni has characterized as tough collective bargaining outcomes. Outsourcing of labour is contrary to the principles of fair labour practices, sustainable development, and engenders the race to the bottom"
Now this is what I call communist rubbish...
"It is unrealistic to argue that because American Airlines has retrenched its employees to cut costs, KQ retrenchment is just okay. The American worker has a strong social security system to fall back to. Kenya does not have any unemployment insurance. The social security system is weak. Implementation of knee-jerk retrenchment decisions, denies young Kenyans social protection."
social protection my foot there are many of us in self employment and surviving just fine.
"The financials, while demonstrating a cyclic loss in profits caused by certain global factors, do not show that KQ is in any danger of total collapse. There is a downturn, but no suggestion of a downfall. Its largest shareholder is the Government of Kenya, which through the Office of the Prime Minister, called for further consultations,"..............This is african socialism crap let's all sink with the ship
"The violations by KQ involve more than mere economic loss to individual employees; it is about corporate insensibility and disregard for certain constitutional ethos. "