New Delhi: Air India employees have opposed the government’s move to privatise the state-owned airline. The opposition to the proposed disinvestment proposal was conveyed to Ashwani Lohani, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India, at a meeting that 13 unions had with him on Monday.
“We are not prepared to surrender on this issue (privatisation of Air India). We oppose the basic plan of the government. Privatisation is not the solution... look at what happened to Jet Airways,” one of the union leaders who attended the meeting told newspersons.
The opposition comes days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech that the strategic disinvestment of select Central Public Sector Enterprises would continue to remain a priority for the Government. “In view of the current macro-economic parameters, the Government would not only re-initiate the process of strategic disinvestment of Air India, but would offer more CPSEs for strategic participation by the private sector,” the Minister said. The privatisation process is expected to start in August after Air India’s financials for 2018-19 are finalised.
Conceding that the government as the owner could do anything, union leaders said they wanted to convey the sentiments of employees to the government.
“We will approach all and the sundry whether it be Ministers or Members of Parliament or others,” another leader said adding that the government should realise that Air India employees have not been paid their salary dues.
08/07/18 Business Line
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“We are not prepared to surrender on this issue (privatisation of Air India). We oppose the basic plan of the government. Privatisation is not the solution... look at what happened to Jet Airways,” one of the union leaders who attended the meeting told newspersons.
The opposition comes days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech that the strategic disinvestment of select Central Public Sector Enterprises would continue to remain a priority for the Government. “In view of the current macro-economic parameters, the Government would not only re-initiate the process of strategic disinvestment of Air India, but would offer more CPSEs for strategic participation by the private sector,” the Minister said. The privatisation process is expected to start in August after Air India’s financials for 2018-19 are finalised.
Conceding that the government as the owner could do anything, union leaders said they wanted to convey the sentiments of employees to the government.
“We will approach all and the sundry whether it be Ministers or Members of Parliament or others,” another leader said adding that the government should realise that Air India employees have not been paid their salary dues.
08/07/18 Business Line
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