Air India unions on a warpath

The pressure on the Civil Aviation Ministry to demerge Air India and Indian Airlines is mounting. This after a Parliamentary Committee rapped the ministry calling the merger 'a marriage of incompatible parties'. Members of all unions met in Mumbai on Friday and demanded the merger be undone supporting them is not just the Left but also the Congress.
Sitaram Yechuri, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture came out in support of the cause of the unions saying that the government should write off the losses of the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL).
Air India's Unions' demand for splitting the company again is garnering political support.
Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam says, "If the merger is wrong, Air India is ruined, Indian Airlines is ruined, employees have faced hardships then the Civil Aviation Ministry and Minister are responsible."
From pilots to peons, an otherwise deeply divided lot united by their singular demand at a meeting of all the unions.
10/04/10 NDTV.com

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