AI employees to go on strike from tomorrow

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NEW DELHI, (Internet): The civil aviation ministry has termed the imminent strike by the employees of Air India (AI) on March 18 "illegal."
The joint action committee (JAC), which comprises eight employee unions including Indian Airlines Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) and All India Aircraft Engineers Association (AIAEA), had given a notice to National Aviation Company of India (NACIL) that around 17,000 employees would be going on a countrywide strike from March 18 protesting against the closure of the existing Hyderabad and Bangalore airports and pending wage arrears.
There was a conciliatory meeting of the union members with the labour commissioner. The next meeting with the commissioner will be held on March 17. "Since the matter is now with the labour commissioner, a strike by the unions will be completely illegal."