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Day Two: Jet Airways Protest, 153 Flights Cancelled in India
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by sara star | September 9, 2009 at 03:54 pm
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INDIA: Jet Airways' pilots are into the second day of protest. Today over 400 pilots did not report for work, despite threats of discipline by the airline.
The dispute stems from two pilots being fired after they formed a union called NAG - National Aviators Guild, which has 680 members. Jet chief Goyal met with Civil Aviaton Minister, Praful Patel in Delhi, but declined to speak to reporters. He warns further stringent action against more "agitators" may take place.
As many as 153 flights, including 19 international, have been cancelled across the country as 432 out of 1056 pilots did not report for work today, a company spokesperson said in Mumbai. The total number of pilots includes 160 expats.
Earlier, Goyal warned that the airlines will be left with no option but to "sack more" if the agitators did not follow the company rules and procedures.
He made it clear that the company did not recognise the National Aviators Guild (NAG), spearheading the stir to demand reinstatement of some pilots who were sacked for forming the NAG, which claims a membership of 680.
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at 05:21 on September 11th, 2009
The fastest way to strengthen a group like this is to persecute them. I wonder if the airline realizes that they are likely cutting their own necks by making a big deal out of NAG.
From what little I know of India, unions are not an established norm, but I could very well be wrong..
Thanks for the story Sara :)
at 14:14 on September 12th, 2009
"From what little I know of India, unions are not an established norm.."
Not, as you can read in this quote.
Source: indiatogether.org
Some links for you...
Trade unions militant in nature, says Kerala HC
Trade unions and industrial relations in public sector undertakings in Kerala
These cases are the most visible examples. Many trade unions in India opposed computerisation saying that it causes loss of job, Many tried to stop English education and private educational institutes stating that it will cause "inequality" and the "lose of values" in society etc are few of the many examples of how backward- thinking are the guiding darknesses of them.
.Agent.
at 07:11 on September 15th, 2009
Agent,
Correct me if I am wrong, but from what was said & how it was said on the links you provided, it feels like the unions tend to be limited to a given "state" (or province?). If so, I could see why the airlines would strike so hard against a pilots union, a pilots union would not likely be limited to an area, but become a national entity with influence across the country. But with the limited number of pilots, I don;t see a pilots union becoming a major political influence.
at 09:43 on September 15th, 2009
Spydermonkey,
Imaging you are shifting your house. You got a truck (lorry?) and loaded all your items in that and (heavy items like bed, buerau, sofa etc - say with the help of your friends. Then you travel to the location of the new house with them. You stop the truck in front of your new house and about to unload your things, So far so good.
Now, what will happen in these union-ridden places is suddenly a dozen of square-jaw, no-neck zilch-brain types in sort of 'uniform' jumps in (let us call them blue-shirts). They say that this is their 'area of operation' and they won't allow anyone to unload the truck, only they can do. You say that is fine, how much it will cost you if they do that. They say it will cost you 1500$ which is three times the money you paid the truck. You say to f#$% off ,you and your friends will to it. Blue-shirts will say, fine you do, still you will have to pay 1500$. That is called 'looking fee". They just watch while you all do the work and at the end you will have to pay them too for their "loss of job"
Does it not sound sweet ?
This kind of things happens with all unions in varying degrees. No work, only pay. Government can't do nothing against them ,as we just see in the case of Jet Unions.
.Agent.