Entrance to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi on Sunday, March 01, 2020. PHOTO DENNIS ONSONGO.
Kenyan aviation workers could go on strike next week, disrupting operations at airports across the country, after their union gave seven days’ notice to the civil aviation authority, a letter from the union showed.
In the letter dated February 9, the Kenya Aviation Workers Union said it was giving formal notice “that all unionisable employees of Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) shall go on strike after the expiry of seven days”.
Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is one of the continent’s major air transport hubs.
It was not immediately clear how many workers would participate in the strike.
The union’s grievances include what it describes as the aviation authority’s failure to conclude a collective bargaining agreement and the placement of employees on temporary terms for roles that it says are permanent.
The aviation authority said in a statement that it was speaking to the union to try to resolve the issues it had raised amicably. For now there was no disruption to operations, it added.
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