New Delhi: The Air India board has approved a proposal for drastically cutting down the number of recognised unions in the airline late last month - a move that may facilitate efficient decision making during negotiations between union representatives and the management.
A senior executive in the airline said, “The board has cleared a proposal to rationalise the number of unions in the airline late last month. We are now primarily working on three issues. We have to determine the unions which will be eligible to contest the elections, the constituencies and the finalise the electoral procedures.” Elections could be held as soon as the end of the current month.
The national carrier has been mulling measures to rationalise the number of recognised unions in the airline from 15 currently to 2 - one union would be for pilots and the second would represent all other employees. The selection of the two unions will be done through an electoral process. The airline’s two subsidiaries – Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) for Maintenance Repair and Overhaul and Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL) for ground handling – would have between them another three recognised unions.
03/08/14 Business Standard
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A senior executive in the airline said, “The board has cleared a proposal to rationalise the number of unions in the airline late last month. We are now primarily working on three issues. We have to determine the unions which will be eligible to contest the elections, the constituencies and the finalise the electoral procedures.” Elections could be held as soon as the end of the current month.
The national carrier has been mulling measures to rationalise the number of recognised unions in the airline from 15 currently to 2 - one union would be for pilots and the second would represent all other employees. The selection of the two unions will be done through an electoral process. The airline’s two subsidiaries – Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) for Maintenance Repair and Overhaul and Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL) for ground handling – would have between them another three recognised unions.
03/08/14 Business Standard
