Air India says salary as agreed; Union meeting tomorrow

Mumbai: Amid reports that lower grade employees of Air India are unlikely to get their salaries tomorrow as agreed upon earlier, a section of the air- carrier's employees unions is holding a meeting here to discuss its future strategy.
"We are discussing the issue and will announce our future course of action in case the management fails to honour its commitment of paying salaries to the lower category of employees by July 3," an Air Corporation Employees Union leader told PTI here today.
The union leader said so far there has been no communication from the management about payment of salaries tomorrow.
Meanwhile in New Delhi an Air India spokesperson said: "Air India is working towards paying wages and salaries to its employees in the lower grades on July 3 as part of the decision finalised at a meeting with the unions last week".
Aviation Industry Employees Guild General Secretary George Abraham threatened a demonstration tomorrow in case the management fails to pay their salaries as agreed upon earlier. In end-June, the airline's management had agreed to pay salaries to its lower grade employees by July 3.
02/07/09 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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