As part of a large-scale, cost-cutting exercise, troubled Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) will transfer its ticketing and accounts operation to India from Denmark. The move is expected to result in the loss of around 200 jobs.
Danish Airport Ground Staff Union (LFF) leader Nicolas Fischer
said that he had reluctantly been forced to accept the move."We very much regret that SAS decided to switch these jobs to India, but it is obvious that Danish staff cannot compete with the low-salaried Indians as regards pay," Fischer
told national news agency Ritzau.Fischer
said he would demand that SAS ensure that staff employed on ticketing and accounts operations in India would be guaranteed decent working conditions."We demand that SAS, which is half-owned by the states of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, respects international conventions on human rights and work regulations," Fischer
said.Other leading international airlines, notably British Airways, have transferred their accounting activities to India.
SAS, which announced a record loss for the first six months of 2003, is currently involved in a major cost cutting and savings operation to ensure its survival.
Now jobless ex-SAS-staff will pay taxes to pay the cheaper Indian staff. Skandinavian politics are even worse than Belgian!! SEE MY BOTTOMLINE
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