Air India likely to reconsider union derecognition

Mumbai: The Air India management is willing to review its recent decision to derecognise two of its many staff unions for having gone on a flash strike. The Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and the All India Aircraft Engineers Association (AIAEA) were derecognised after going on strike on a management order issued in the wake of the Managalore air crash.
“The management has said they are willing to re-look at the decision to derecognise. We pitched strongly, asking the management to take a softer approach about the unions. We even gave them the example of the pilots, who had earlier gone on a six-day strike; the union strike was for one and a half days,” said George Abraham, general secretary of the Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG).
There was a meeting today between the AI management and the employee unions, barring the two which had been derecognised. Convened by the former, it was supposed to be a confidence-building exercise regarding the situation after the Mangalore tragedy and the strike, and seems to have also resulted in the management mulling a softer approach towards the derecognised unions. Nine recognised unions attended the meeting. However, the management met the unions of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and the erstwhile Air India separately.
“The mood looks positive, as the management shared the financial situation with us frankly. They have also assured us of a greater frequency of meetings, a Human Resource (HR) policy to deal with employee/employer relations and assured us that there will be no loss of jobs. Moreover, they have promised us better channels of communication and co-ordination,” said Sanjay Lazar, general secretary, All India Cabin Crew Association.
02/06/10 Business Standard

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