Goondaism in Trivandrum airport
Employees in Trivandrum airport continued their strike till yesterday even after the nationwide strike was called off two days back. The reason? - they want action against airport security personnel (CISF) for "disturbing" their illegal strike.
During the strike, the airport employees harassed air passengers and also distributed rubbish throughout the airport. Anywhere else in India, these goondas would have been arrested. They also collected rubbish and put it front of CISF employees.
In Kerala, unions are normally is not interested in stopping a strike unless it causes a lot of misery to general public. For example, when bank employees strike, they do it for 2 or 3 days combining it with weekend holidays. This way they can put maximum suffering on people who use public sector bank services.
Editor’s Comment: The majority of Trivandrum airport staff (except private airline staff such that of King Fisher Airlines) are arrogant and unhelpful. They behave as if they are doing a big favour to air passengers. So it is surprising that they didn’t beat up air passengers during the strike!