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Chaos, losses in airport workers strike

GSU officers disperse aviation workers and airline crew at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after the aviation staff went on strike on March 6, 2019. PHOTO | JEF ANGOTE | NMG

By  Bonface Otieno

Nation Media Group

Business Reporter

Passengers endured long wait while airlines and businesses counted huge losses as a strike by aviation workers paralysed operations at the country’s main airports on Wednesday.

The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Kawu) members downed their tools protesting against alleged unfair staff hiring, poor remuneration and the proposed takeover of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) operations by Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ.

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