Mumbai/New Delhi, May 27: Air India de-recognised its two major trade unions, sealed their offices and sacked another 41 employees today in an unprecedented crackdown triggering a call by defiant union leaders for a fresh strike from June 12.
The unions and management appeared headed for fresh confrontation following strike call by the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and All India Aircraft Engineers’ Association (AIAEA) given just a day after the state-owned airline crushed the two-day old strike by a section of Air India employees.
Both ACEU and AIAEA have been derecognised. The striking employees had accounted for roughly 60 per cent of AI staff.
Clearing the backlog, the airline gradually restored normalcy by evening though 25 flights were cancelled for the day. International flights were normal, an official said.
–Agencies