Mumbai: Workers of Cambata Aviation, the country’s oldest private ground handler, will go on hunger strike from Monday to protest non-payment of six months’ salaries and refunds by the company.
A representative of the workers said they will hold protests along the stretch from Sahar cargo to the domestic airport terminal in Vile Parle. He also said that they have filed a complaint against the company in a labour court and are waiting for the complaint to be heard by the court.
Vishal Suresh Khatedar, a supervisor at Cambata, said, “For the last two years, the company neither bothered to follow the provident fund (PF) process nor deducted LIC dues, among others.” An employee of Cambata requesting anonymity told this newspaper that in the past six months, as many as four workers had allegedly committed suicide because of not being paid salaries.
Rashtriya Ekjut Kamgaar Sangathana, a union of the workers, on Friday wrote a letter to assistant commissioner of police, airport division, to inform about the employees’ decision to fast until death. Commenting on the letter (to which The Asian Age has access) Balbir Negi, general secretary, said that the employees had also approached Sahar police station to take action but nothing had been done yet.
20/08/16 Asian Age
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A representative of the workers said they will hold protests along the stretch from Sahar cargo to the domestic airport terminal in Vile Parle. He also said that they have filed a complaint against the company in a labour court and are waiting for the complaint to be heard by the court.
Vishal Suresh Khatedar, a supervisor at Cambata, said, “For the last two years, the company neither bothered to follow the provident fund (PF) process nor deducted LIC dues, among others.” An employee of Cambata requesting anonymity told this newspaper that in the past six months, as many as four workers had allegedly committed suicide because of not being paid salaries.
Rashtriya Ekjut Kamgaar Sangathana, a union of the workers, on Friday wrote a letter to assistant commissioner of police, airport division, to inform about the employees’ decision to fast until death. Commenting on the letter (to which The Asian Age has access) Balbir Negi, general secretary, said that the employees had also approached Sahar police station to take action but nothing had been done yet.
20/08/16 Asian Age
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