Date:20/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/20/stories/2007112056681200.htm

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AIR, DD staff strike from today

New Delhi: About 6,500 administration employees of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) will be on a countrywide strike from Tuesday against pay disparities.

The employees at different AIR and DD kendras will observe a “pen down“strike” while their representatives will assemble at the AIR station in the capital and start a relay hunger strike for four days.

“If our demands are still not met, we will convert this agitation to fast-unto-death,” said Sangam Thakur, general secretary, Akashvani and Doordarshan Administrative Staff Association. — PTI