Kingfisher Airlines asks workers to defer hunger strike: report

Mumbai: Grounded Kingfisher Airlines today made a last-ditch attempt to prevent a hunger strike threat by its employees, by asking them to wait till Thursday, as the airline expects some positive outcome from the hearing on the winding up petition against it, say sources.
The Karnataka High Court is slated to hear the winding up petition by six creditors to the airline on Wednesday.
As many as 100 city-based employees of the crippled airline have threatened to go on hunger strike from tomorrow, demanding payment of salaries which have not been paid for the past 14 months. The airline was grounded last October.
Incidentally, the airline's annual general meeting is also scheduled tomorrow in Bangalore.
"The management has asked us to defer our hunger strike plan till Thursday on the plea that it expects some positive outcome from the hearing on the winding up petition. But as of now, we are firm on our agitation plan," sources told PTI here.
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