Air India Merger: A Tale of Messed Up Industrial Relations
Published: 2012
Author(s) Name: Ratna Sen |
Author(s) Affiliation: Ratna Sen is Professor (Retd.), Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata
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Abstract
The 2012 strike in Air India is not
the only one. Perhaps it is not
the last one either. The airline has
had a series of strikes and is
likely to have several more unless
it can settle the issues arising
out of the merger between
Indian Airlines and Air India. The
national carrier, christened
NACIL, has faced repeat strikes
in 2010, 2011, 2012, the last being
the longest. The company and
the Ministry have taken only the
preliminary steps to resolve this
vital issue, five years after the
merger was officially done. Unless
a comprehensive approach is
adopted now to integrate the two
erstwhile airlines, Air India & Indian
Airlines, there is likely to be
repeat industrial relations problems.
Keywords: N.A.
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