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| Kenya pay strike grounds planes | Kenya pay strike grounds planes |
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| Many flights from Kenya's main airport have been grounded as workers from the national airline go on strike, leaving passengers stranded in Nairobi. | Many flights from Kenya's main airport have been grounded as workers from the national airline go on strike, leaving passengers stranded in Nairobi. |
| The main aviation union called the industrial action after talks with the management of Kenya Airways failed to resolve a dispute over pay. | The main aviation union called the industrial action after talks with the management of Kenya Airways failed to resolve a dispute over pay. |
| A BBC reporter says the union's secretary general and three other top union members have been arrested. | A BBC reporter says the union's secretary general and three other top union members have been arrested. |
| Kenya Airways says it would have to close if it agreed to the demands. | Kenya Airways says it would have to close if it agreed to the demands. |
| The BBC's Wazir Khamsin says the airline's workers, who are members of the Aviation and Allied Workers Union, want a pay rise of 130%. | The BBC's Wazir Khamsin says the airline's workers, who are members of the Aviation and Allied Workers Union, want a pay rise of 130%. |
| They have rejected the company's offer of a 13% increase. | They have rejected the company's offer of a 13% increase. |
| We'll just have to fold up, there are no two ways about it. I can't give you what I don't have Kenya Airways's Titus Naikuni | We'll just have to fold up, there are no two ways about it. I can't give you what I don't have Kenya Airways's Titus Naikuni |
| The union members say their salaries have not increased to the same extent as those of senior managers and pilots. | The union members say their salaries have not increased to the same extent as those of senior managers and pilots. |
| Kenya Airways, which employs nearly 3,000 workers, says its offer will push the company's annual wage bill to about $10m (£6m). | Kenya Airways, which employs nearly 3,000 workers, says its offer will push the company's annual wage bill to about $10m (£6m). |
| If it complied with the union's demands the amount would rise to $110m a year. | If it complied with the union's demands the amount would rise to $110m a year. |
| "We'll just have to fold up, there are no two ways about it," Kenyan Airways Chief Executive Titus Naikuni is quoted as saying by Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper. | "We'll just have to fold up, there are no two ways about it," Kenyan Airways Chief Executive Titus Naikuni is quoted as saying by Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper. |
| "I can't give you what I don't have." | "I can't give you what I don't have." |
| Our reporter says the detained union officials are expected to be charged with inciting people to strike illegally. | Our reporter says the detained union officials are expected to be charged with inciting people to strike illegally. |
| Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is one of the busiest airports in east Africa. |