{"id":791,"date":"2019-10-12T00:46:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T00:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/finance\/2019\/10\/12\/air-india-to-meet-unions-on-monday-discuss-proposed-privatisation\/"},"modified":"2019-10-12T00:46:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T00:46:25","slug":"air-india-to-meet-unions-on-monday-discuss-proposed-privatisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2019\/10\/12\/air-india-to-meet-unions-on-monday-discuss-proposed-privatisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India to meet unions on Monday, discuss proposed privatisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden wp-image-1733301 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/a3-lazy-load\/assets\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523.jpg\" alt=\"Air India, Air India\u00a0privatisation,\u00a0New Delhi,\u00a0aviation business,\u00a0Ashwani Lohani,\u00a0Aviation Industry Employees Guild,\u00a0ACEU\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523.jpg 660w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523-401x267.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1733301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523.jpg\" alt=\"Air India, Air India\u00a0privatisation,\u00a0New Delhi,\u00a0aviation business,\u00a0Ashwani Lohani,\u00a0Aviation Industry Employees Guild,\u00a0ACEU\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523.jpg 660w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/10\/cats-523-401x267.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><\/noscript><span class=\"article-caption\">Air India\u2019s largest union, Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) had at its executive committee meeting in Hyderabad earlier this month, decided to launch a \u201cunited struggle\u201d against privatisation bid which has already failed twice in the past.<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Air India management has called a meeting of its trade unions on Monday to discuss the proposed privatisation, which they have been opposed to and term as fraught with \u201cdisastrous\u201d consequences, a source said on Friday. The meeting has been called at the airline\u2019s headquarters in New Delhi, the source said. The development comes amid the government mulling to issue a preliminary information memorandum (PIM) early next month, which will lay the road map for its exit from the core aviation business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/industry\/jios-iuc-move-explained-telcos-will-enjoy-better-average-revenue-thanks-to-ril-firm\/1732800\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jio\u2019s IUC move explained: Telcos will enjoy better average revenue thanks to RIL firm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir India chairman Ashwani Lohani has called a meeting of all trade unions, including of the pilots, engineers and officers on Monday in New Delhi to discuss the issue of privatisation,\u201d the source privy to the information told PTI. This would be the second meeting between the airline management and its trade unions over the contentious issue of privatisation in the last three months. These unions are Air Corporation Employees Union, Air India Employees Union, Indian Airlines Technicians Association, All-India Aircraft Engineers Association, Indian Commercial Pilots Association, Indian Pilots Guild, Air India Aircraft Engineers Association, Air India Cabin Crew Association, Air India Engineers Association, Aviation Industry Employees Guild, All-India Service Engineers Association and United Air India Officers Association.<\/p>\n<p>The unions have vehemently been opposing the privatisation bid on the ground that such amove will lead to massive job losses. Air India\u2019s largest union, Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) had at its executive committee meeting in Hyderabad earlier this month, decided to launch a \u201cunited struggle\u201d against privatisation bid which has already failed twice in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision (to privatise Air India) taken at the political level is fraught with disastrous consequences both from the point of view of the civil aviation sector as well in the interest of nation,\u201d the union had informed its members, adding they fear that the government wants to sell the airline to a private party \u201cfor a song\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"common-bottom-text\">\n<p>Get live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stock Prices<\/a> from BSE and NSE and latest NAV, portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/mutual-funds-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mutual Funds<\/a>, calculate your tax by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/income-tax-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Income Tax Calculator<\/a>, know market\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/nse-top-gainers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Gainers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/nse-top-losers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Losers<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/mutual-funds-india\/equity-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Equity Funds<\/a>. 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