B. Kadian said it would again strike work on Aug 31 if the Air India management refuses to take their plea seriously.

'We have been working hard and trying to help the management to overcome the losses in our airline. But the management is delaying and ignoring us. It is also reducing our salaries to half. This is not acceptable to us,' added Kadian.

He also stated that the government could decide on their pay cuts, not the airline.

Earlier, in July, the employees had gone on strike for two hours and staged demonstrations over the issue.