Nagpur airport staffers' strike from Friday

Nagpur: Be prepared to face inconvenience if you are scheduled to fly from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport of the city in the next few days. A majority of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) staffers, who at present are working under the joint venture company Mihan India Private Limited (MIPL), will go on indefinite 'pen down' and 'tool down' strike from January 29.
"All employees (221) attached with fire, engineering, civil, administration and maintenance departments at Nagpur airport, excluding 120 staffers from communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) and area traffic management (ATM), working under the newly-formed MIPL will join the strike," said JJ Goswami, secretary of Airport Authority of Employees Union.
The employees have decided to go on strike as both AAI and the MIPL have failed to sort out the issue as to who will pay their salaries.
Goswami said, "Just three months back, on August 6, 2009, Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited (MADC) and AAI had announced the signing of an 'agreement of transfer' that effectively gave control of the city airport to MIPL. Since then, all staffers, except the 120 staffers from communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) and area traffic management (ATM), were working under the newly-formed MIPL.
28/01/10 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010