Mega-airline union on cards

Mooted by AAI unions, the body will include private airline staff also

BY A CORRESPONDENT
February 11, 2006

Employees in state-owned airlines are planning to form a new union to take on the government. Nearly 20 staff unions are currently planning to join the new union.

Union leader Nitin Jadhav said: "All the employee unions of the Indian civil aviation industry will come under one common umbrella."

The new union has asked private airline employees to join the union including employees of Air Sahara. The Jet Airways employees have already formed their own union and are asking for Left Front's help.

The new union will have 20,000 employees from various airlines. Some have already raised voices against the new union saying that the airline sector which is growing at a whopping 20% will suffer from the formation of newly-formed union.