Kenya airport workers' union delays strike again
The Peninsula
Nairobi: A planned strike by staff at Kenya s international airport has been delayed again for a week, after already being pushed back by two weeks in...
Nairobi: A planned strike by staff at Kenya's international airport has been delayed again for a week, after already being pushed back by two weeks in August, a union said Saturday.
About 10,000 members of the Kenya Aviation Workers Union had initially planned to walk out August 19 over plans by the Kenyan government to strike an investment deal with India's Adani Group to expand and operate Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
That strike was pushed back until Monday September 2 to allow for negotiations, and now the strike has been delayed again.
"The industrial action (will) be halted for seven days to allow us to read, comprehend and make documented demands to the government" on the group's proposals, the union wrote on X.
The union also asked for "immediate cessation of stock-taking" by the Indian firm at JKIA, and the "immediate cancellation of a management and government delegation trip to India slated" on September 2.
