3 striking Air India pilots hospitalised

New Delhi/Mumbai: Three striking Air India pilots were hospitalised on Wednesday as their condition worsened on the fourth day of their indefinite fast demanding withdrawal of sack orders against 101 pilots and better career progression prospects.
Persisting with their strike for the 51st day, the agitators accused the airline management of not being keen to resolve the impasse by "steadfastly refusing" to talk to them.
"We are on hunger strike for the past 96 hours. We request the government to listen to us as our demands and our protest action are genuine," a leader of the Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG), spearheading the agitation, said here.
Government has made it clear that the striking pilots should return to work unconditionally while the agitators are insisting that they would do so only after the termination orders were revoked.
27/06/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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