THE Kenya Aviation Workers Union has threatened to strike this week unless a pay deal is agreed, say union officials, reports Bloomberg.
'Management is proposing a pay cut, in total disregard to immense sacrifices that our members made in the recent past when the airline was in extreme distress,' the Nairobi-based union said.
Kenya Airways asked the union to withdraw its strike notice and said negotiations on a new collective-bargaining agreement would resume after the 'successful' launch of its New York flight.
'This action is incomprehensible to management who will employ all legal and disciplinary means available to it in order to safeguard our national airline,' the company said of the planned work stoppage in an emailed statement.
The US is Kenya's biggest tourism market and the airline estimates the New York route will boost revenue 10 per cent in 2019. Kenya Airways expects a load factor of 75 per cent to 80 per cent in first year of flights to the American city and 95 per cent in the following year.
'Management is proposing a pay cut, in total disregard to immense sacrifices that our members made in the recent past when the airline was in extreme distress,' the Nairobi-based union said.
Kenya Airways asked the union to withdraw its strike notice and said negotiations on a new collective-bargaining agreement would resume after the 'successful' launch of its New York flight.
'This action is incomprehensible to management who will employ all legal and disciplinary means available to it in order to safeguard our national airline,' the company said of the planned work stoppage in an emailed statement.
The US is Kenya's biggest tourism market and the airline estimates the New York route will boost revenue 10 per cent in 2019. Kenya Airways expects a load factor of 75 per cent to 80 per cent in first year of flights to the American city and 95 per cent in the following year.