One AI union defers strike plan; no further crackdown

New Delhi/Mumbai: Air India’s junior ground-handling staff, whose union the management had formally derecognised yesterday for having earlier gone on strike, decided today to not walk off the job again, for the time being.
The Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) had earlier announced a strike from June 1 on pay and personnel matters -- this was well prior to last week’s Mangalore air crash and the two-day strike that followed it, on a different issue, leading to yesterday’s derecognition. The decision to stay on the job, for now, was taken today after a meeting with the chief labour commissioner, on the earlier set of issues.
“The management has announced the date of the disbursement of salary. On the other issue, of shortage of staff and all, the management informed that they will reply in 15 days. Till then, we are not going on strike,” said ACEU president Dinakar Shetty.
The government-owned carrier still has another strike notice, from June 12, given yesterday by the engineers’ union. They were the other union which went on strike after the air crash and then called it off; the management dismissed some of their members and also derecognised them yesterday. The union, accordingly, gave the new strike notice.
29/05/10 Business Standard

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Categories: NACIL May 2010