"Growing Unrest, Dissatisfaction": Air India Express Employees To Airline
NDTV
The letter from the employees union follows a mass sick leave by Air India cabin crew earlier today which left at least 86 flights cancelled.
The Air India Express Employees Union, or AIXEU, has written to the Chairman of Air India to express concerns like "growing unrest and dissatisfaction among employees". In a two-page letter addressed to Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the Chairman of the Tata Sons-owned Air India Limited (of which Air India Express is a subsidiary) to red-flag growing levels of discontent within employees' ranks following the takeover of the airline by the private firm.
There is a "stark departure from commitments on job security, salary and maintenance, and respect for seniority and maintenance", AIXEU said in its letter, referring to the firing of "several employees with impeccable records" that it said was "contrary to assurances" made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that there will be "no termination for two years post acquisition" of the formerly government-run Air India.
Referring to the treatment of whistleblowers, the AIXEU said "employees find themselves silenced when attempting to address grievances, with management actively suppressing any dissenting voices on company platforms".
