Employees not to worry about job after merger: Patel

The 30000 employees of Air India and Indian Airlines need not worry about job security after the two entities merge into one in four months time. Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel assured Parliament on Friday that interest of the employees including compensation packages and status would be protected. No one would be sacked either, he said.
Patel said that the interests of the employees have been "foremost in our mind" and the government was "committed to ensure that all legitimate employee interests, including their current compensation and status are protected."
He assured both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, "There will be no retrenchment and all employees will continue in the merged company."
In the last few months, Patel had met leaders of all central trade unions to sort out any apprehension about retrenchment. In fact, he interacted with leftist unions like the All India Trade Union Congress and Centre for Indian Trade Unions after they had threatened to stall the merger if employees' interests would be compromised. The minister had assuaged their fears and promised to give in writing his assurances.
02/03/07 Sutirtho Patranobis/Hindustan Times

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