53 sacked AI staff rehired as government tries to infuse confidence in ailing airline

New Delhi: In a development that has sent a strong signal about the government's seriousness to change the fate of ailing national carrier Air India and enthuse confidence amongst its 31,000-odd employees, the government has reinstated 53 employees who were sacked in May last year after they went on a two-day flash strike.
J.B. Kadian, general secretary of the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU), who was also reinstated, said that two engineers have not been reinstated as they have not withdrawn their case which they had filed in the court against the airline management. ACEU claims the support of more than 12,000 Air India employees.
"All 53 employees have joined again after more than a year. We had withdrawn our case before the court. We had met the minister (civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi) yesterday (on Thursday) and he assured us that he would like to take all employees into confidence," said Kadian. Employees of the state-led national carrier have been in low spirits following delay in payment of their salaries, including non-payment of their performance-linked incentives (PLI), which forms a major part of their salary.
17/09/11 Sanjay Singh/Business Today

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