AFP/File – Air India headquarters in Mumbai in June 2009. Employees of India's national carrier Air India staged … NEW DELHI (AFP) – Employees of India's national carrier Air India staged a nationwide two-hour strike on Friday to protest what they said was management's failure to pay salaries on time. The walkout was called by the airline's two largest unions, despite a warning from company executives that they would deduct wages from employees who participated in any stoppage. Last month the management of the struggling state-run airline -- which merged with government-run domestic carrier Indian Airlines last year -- sent a notice to its employees saying it would defer 73 million dollars in June wages until July 15. But the carrier later said it would pay salaries to lower-ranked employees by Friday. "We are staging a... [read full story]
