Ministry terms Air India staff strike illegal

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry has termed the strike call by the Air India employees on March 18 as illegal.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC), which comprises eight employee unions, including Indian Airlines Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) and All India Aircraft Engineers Association (AIAEA), has given a notice to National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL) that around 17,000 employees will go on a countrywide strike from March 18 over the closure of the existing Hyderabad and Bangalore airports and pending wage arrears.
After the notice, one conciliatory meeting between the union leaders and the labour commissioner has been held. The next meeting will be held on March 17.
"After the privatisation of the greenfield airports, the groundhandling will be done by private agents and several people may lose their jobs. Also, arrears worth Rs 250 crore have to be paid to around 4,000 employees," said a member of the JAC.
"Since the matter is with the labour commissioner, a strike by the unions will be completely illegal," said an Air India executive.
16/03/08 Business Standard

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