{"id":7213,"date":"2013-03-27T05:30:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T04:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialism.in\/?p=7213"},"modified":"2013-03-27T05:30:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T04:30:40","slug":"india-inc-a-boon-or-a-bane-when-and-what-will-be-our-wakeup-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialism.in\/?p=7213","title":{"rendered":"India Inc\u2026!!! A boon or a bane? When and what will be our wakeup call?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"king4\"<\/a>The following article is written by K Khan, an IT employee and a member of All India IT Employee Association (AIITEA<\/a>). With the crisis ridden Kingfisher airlines still trying to stay afloat thanks to government inaction and continuing delays in employees salaries that have led to strikes, this article looks at the lack of unionization of workers in these corporatized sectors and the urgent need to form unions in the face of economic downturn.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Socialism.in<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Like all other Kingfisher products, the launch of Kingfisher airlines was a very glitzy event, and it was touted as the start of \u201cGood Times\u2019 for the air travel industry. Kingfisher was considered to be the airline of choice for the elite class.<\/span><\/p>\n

No one could have ever imagined at the time that underneath all the glitz and glamour there was a big problem inherent within.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine if 3 years ago you tried to tell the \u2018Smart Bankers\u201d and the \u2018Most Intelligent Auditing Consultants\u2019 that there could be a potential risk with Kingfisher. They would have simply looked at you as if you had just walked out of a mental asylum.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But alas even now, after the mess is uncovered, many of us still have not learnt any lessons. We still have not woken up and started to ask the questions. Some of the questions that linger in the mind are:<\/span><\/p>\n