New Delhi, March 28:
A
question mark hangs on whether Air India operations will be affected
from April 2. The Joint Forum of Guilds, Unions Associations of Air
India has written to the Prime Minister urging his intervention to
ensure that their "legitimate wages" of several months are paid.
The
Joint Forum has threatened that they "will be unable to discharge their
duties from April 2" if their dues were not paid. Eight unions have come
together to form the Joint Forum. "While we appreciate the financial
difficulty facing the company, however, unlike Air India which can turn
to the Central Government for funds, employees have no such option. The
employees and their families have to suffer the humiliation of loan
defaults," the Forum said in a statement.
The
Forum decision to threaten a strike comes after it failed to secure any
"firm proposal" from the debt-ridden national carrier for clearing their
dues at a meeting with the management in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Indian
Pilots Guild, Air India Officers Association, Air India Engineers
Association and Air India Aircraft Engineers Association are all part of
the Joint Forum.
Interestingly,
the Air Corporations Employees Union, which claims to be the oldest and
largest trade union in the airline, claims there will be no strike of
ground staff, cabin crew and other categories belonging to the Union.
The Airline Management had earlier given a commitment of paying the pending wages in a staggered manner.
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