Mumbai: With the government still going ahead on privatisation of six more airports despite general elections around the corner, state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) employees will conduct a "strike ballot" on February 10 to decide on a general strike against the move.
A strike ballot is a secret ballot conducted among members of a union to decide whether to go on a strike or not.
"The government is pushing the privatisation of airports in a great hurry despite the general elections scheduled in April-May this year.
"Political ethics demand that government should not move on this (policy) issue but it appears that political bosses are in a hurry to make the hay while the sun shines," Airports Authority Employees Union said in a release. Stating that the government has persistently ignored various protests including relay hunger strike by the AAI employees over "throwing away national assets to corporates", the Union said, "We have no option but to go for a serious industrial action".The union has, therefore, decided to conduct a strike ballot for going on general strike on February 10 across country's airports, the release said.
26/01/14 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
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A strike ballot is a secret ballot conducted among members of a union to decide whether to go on a strike or not.
"The government is pushing the privatisation of airports in a great hurry despite the general elections scheduled in April-May this year.
"Political ethics demand that government should not move on this (policy) issue but it appears that political bosses are in a hurry to make the hay while the sun shines," Airports Authority Employees Union said in a release. Stating that the government has persistently ignored various protests including relay hunger strike by the AAI employees over "throwing away national assets to corporates", the Union said, "We have no option but to go for a serious industrial action".The union has, therefore, decided to conduct a strike ballot for going on general strike on February 10 across country's airports, the release said.
26/01/14 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
