Air India employees on three-day hunger strike

New Delhi: As many as 20, 000 Air India employees to go on three-day hunger strike from today.
The AI employees are protesting against the delay in their salary release.
"Over 20,000 members of Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG) and Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and some other unions from across the nation have decided to go on hunger strike from today, as the management is rigid over payment of our salaries," J B Kadian, General secretary ACEU said.
The employees threatened that they would again strike work on August 31 if their negotiations with the management fail.
"For the past two months, we have been working for betterment of the airlines, but the management is adamant on the 50 per cent cut in our salaries. It is not acceptable to us," Kadian said.
The cash-crunch civil aviation company needs USD 620 million bailout package to keep flying.
25/08/09 SamayLive

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Categories: NACIL Aug 2009