Scrap privatisation plans: Air India employees

Mumbai | Saturday | 18th November, 2017

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Three of the subsidiaries are profit-making arms: the maintenance repair and overhaul unit Air India Engineering Services Limited; ground handling arm Air India Transport Services Limited; and Air India Charters Limited. Common platform“Our main goal is to bring all Air India unions on a common platform to resist the airline’s privatisation,” said a representative of one of the unions. On June 28, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave an in-principle nod for the strategic sale of Air India and five of its subsidiaries. more-inVarious employee unions of Air India have come together to demand that the airline’s privatisation plans be scrapped and that the government initiate a dialogue with them before taking a decision. While the federation comprises three unions, he said talks are on with Indian Airlines unions, staff unions and pilots’ unions to join the platform..