Around 50 employees of Airport Authority of India (AAI) began a 72-hour hunger strike at the Chennai airport on Monday. The protest was to highlight several of their demands including the plea that airports not be privatised.
Some of their other demands include the implementation of common seniority for the employees of the organisation which was formed in 1994 by merging International Airports’ Authority of India (IAAI) and National Airports Authority of India (NAAI), the formation of Airspace Navigation Service (ANS) and implementation of the pension scheme.
“Five years ago, our request for pension for the retired employees was granted by the government. But none of the retired employees have received their pension for the last two years.
The government should not privatise Chennai, Kolkata and other non-metro airports. We want justice at the earliest,” said L. George, Regional Secretary (Metro) of Airports Authority Employees’ Union (AAEU).
The agitation would be intensified in case the management fails to meet their demands, the members of the union said.
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