Air India convenes divestment meeting with unions on Monday
The management of national carrier Air India has convened a meeting of all its employee unions on Monday to discuss a proposal to privatise the airline.
“We have been called for a meeting with the management on Monday, but we don’t know the agenda. Officially the agenda of the meeting is not known, but we believe it’s regarding divestment,” Air Corporation Employees’ Union (ACEU) General Secretary J B Kadian told BusinessLine.
ACEU, which represents non-technical staff, is the largest union at Air India, with more than 8,000 about members.
The meeting, which unions term as “crucial”, has been called by Air India Chairman Ashwani Lohani. Apart from the carrier’s top management, Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar and two each representatives each from every union are expected to attend.
