Starting from February 20, almost 10,000 employees of Airports Authority of India (AAI) will go on an indefinite strike in protest against the proposed privatisation of six airports, under the banner of Airports Authority Employees Union (AAEU). The proposal to privatise the airports, which are Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, and Mangaluru, was approved by the government in November 2018.
Several protests were organised by AAEU in the month of December, at various airports across the country, against the proposal to run six profit-making airports under public-private partnership. The union has claimed that the privatisation will lead to exploitation of workers, as the staff will be hired only on contractual basis.
Balraj Singh Ahlawat, the General Secretary of AAEU, had previously told NewsClick, “The AAI-managed airports have reservations for people from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which provides them with opportunities for work. However, after privatisation, staff will be hired only on contractual basis. And these contractual staff will be exploited by the private operators. We have seen this happen before.”
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Several protests were organised by AAEU in the month of December, at various airports across the country, against the proposal to run six profit-making airports under public-private partnership. The union has claimed that the privatisation will lead to exploitation of workers, as the staff will be hired only on contractual basis.
Balraj Singh Ahlawat, the General Secretary of AAEU, had previously told NewsClick, “The AAI-managed airports have reservations for people from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which provides them with opportunities for work. However, after privatisation, staff will be hired only on contractual basis. And these contractual staff will be exploited by the private operators. We have seen this happen before.”
13/02/19 News Click
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