Air India won’t pay salaries July 3, workers’ strike Friday

August 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of India's flagship carrier Air India are on a three-day hunger strike from today over delay in payment of their salaries. "Over 20,000 members of the Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG) and the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and some other unions from across the nation have decided to go on hunger strike from today, as the management is rigid over payment of our salaries," said J B Kadian, general secretary, ACEU.

August 21st, 2009 Zimbabwe's PM urges end to doctors strikeHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's prime minister is urging striking doctors to return to work. Morgan Tsvangirai made the call in a speech to the Zimbabwe Medical Association Friday.

July 24th, 2009 Strike averted at Germany's Bayreuth FestivalBAYREUTH, Germany — Union leaders say they have signed an agreement with organizers of the Bayreuth Festival, avoiding a strike one day before the world-famous Wagner celebration was to begin. Ver.di union spokesman Hans Kraft says workers "are relieved" because they achieved what they wanted.

July 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Commercial vehicle operators will go on an indefinite strike in the city from Friday, after a meeting between the strikers and the West Bengal government failed to break a deadlock over the decision to ban all commercial vehicles that are over 15 years old. With the government expressing its determination to implement a high court order banning such vehicles, at least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators declined to withdraw the indefinite transport strike call.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav has asked employees, who went on a two-hour strike Friday, to be prepared for harsh decisions necessary to deal with the financial crisis the carrier faces. "Considering the critical financial state of the airline, we should all be prepared to face the impact of harsh decisions that will be required to be taken in the coming weeks to meet the current difficult financial situation," Jadhav said in a communication.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India employees will go on two hour-long strike on Friday between 1300 hrs IST to 1500 hrs IST. The employees are alleging that the management has failed to keep its promise to pay salaries to all lower grade employees by July 3.Nearly 20,000 employees throughout the country are expected to walk out for two hours.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of national carrier Air India went on a two-hour strike at airports across the country from 1 p.m. in protest against the delay in salary payments despite a warning from the management that this would entail a pay cut.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of national carrier Air India went on a two-hour strike at airports across the country Friday to protest the delay in salary payments, but it failed to move the airline management. No flights were affected while our employees were on strike, said Air india executive director for corporate communications Jitender Bhargava.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of India's flagship carrier Air India have announced they will be on strike for two hours on Friday in protest against the non-payment of salaries. Air India has said it will not be able to pay the salaries tomorrow as scheduled.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cash-strapped Air India Friday asked its top executives to forego their salary for July, a spokesperson of the national carrier said here Friday. "The top management needs to indicate to all employees in the organisation that every single paisa which can be saved needs to be saved," said Air India chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav in an internal memo addressed to senior executives.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India employees will stage demonstrations at airports across the country June 19 and sport black badges for three days to protest the company's decision to delay their salaries, a labour union official said Wednesday. We will organise a daylong meeting across airports on June 19 and will wear black badges for three days starting June 22," said Air Corporation Employees' Union (ACEU) general secretary J.B.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of Air India will go on an indefinite strike from July 1 if the management delays their salaries next month, a workers' union leader said Tuesday. We have decided to go on an indefinite strike from July 1 if the Air India management refuses to pay our salaries on time.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of flag carrier Air India Monday threatened to go on strike if the management delays their salaries next month. National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL), which owns Air India, had Saturday said it would pay the June salaries of its around 31,000 employees two weeks into July due to a cash crunch.

June 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - About 31,000 employees of flag carrier Air India will receive their June salaries only in mid-July as the national carrier attempts to overcome its losses, which were over Rs.4,000 crore (Rs.40 billion/$8.4 billion) during last fiscal, a top official said Sunday. The July salaries could be delayed by over two weeks, said a senior civil aviation ministry official.

February 28th, 2009 PATNA - More than 300,000 Bihar government employees who had struck work for 33 days will not receive their salaries for this period as the state government has taken a 'no work no pay' stance. 'The government is firm on not paying them salaries to ensure its policy of 'no work no pay',' an official of the state finance department said, adding that a letter to this effect had already been issued.