Air India pilots, protesting management's alleged moves to cut their salaries and allowances, today deferred their strike threat from next Tuesday by six days, even as the conciliation talks remained inconclusive.After a six-hour long marathon meeting, Chief Labour Commissioner S K Mukhopadhyay appealed to them to defer their strike call till the next round of negotiations on the 30th of this month as the management sought more time to revert back on their demands. This was their second round of talks before the CLC. Later talking to reporters, Captain Shailendra Singh, President of Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said, on the request of Chief Labour Commissioner, the strike call has been defered till the 30th of this month.
News On AIR | November 20, 2009 9:02 PM
Air India pilots defer strike