Delhi airport employees to boycott work on Tuesday

New Delhi: Over 2,000 employees at Delhi airport will boycott work and demonstrate at the office of the Civil Aviation Minister on Tuesday, saying terms of their employment were being changed by the government and DIAL, the private developer contracted two years ago to develop and manage the airport.
Airports Authority of India Employees Union General Secretary M K Ghoshal said the GMR Infrastructure-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) - a public-private joint venture to modernise Delhi airport - was pressurising employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to resign and join its rolls.
The agitating employees will demonstrate at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, which houses the civil aviation ministry, and submit a memorandum to civil aviation minister Praful Patel. Many Left leaders are expected to take part in the protest, Ghoshal said. "We are against it (quitting AAI). Why will anyone leave their government jobs with AAI and join DIAL?," he asked. "We will protest against the high-handedness of DIAL and the government." Ghoshal said DIAL did not assign any work to the employees who would boycott work Tuesday. "Our absence will not affect the functioning of Delhi airport in anyway," he said.
DIAL, however, has denied it was putting any pressure on AAI employees.
28/07/08 IANS/Sify

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Categories: Airports Jul 2008