Air India employees urge govt to cancel airlines’ decision to cut pay

Employee unions of national passenger carrier Air India have urged the Centre to countermand the airline’s decision to institute a unilateral pay cut for three months.

The unions said on Friday that the move is against the already issued central directives for all PSUs during the Covid-19 outbreak, news agency IANS reported.

In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the unions said, “We are writing to you at the backdrop of a unilateral pay cut imposed on employees of Air India Ltd for three months against the Government’s instructions. While all the PSUs are following the directions of the Government, it is agonizing to note Air India has imposed pay cut in wake of Covid-19 crisis.”