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Flights resume after Kenyan aviation workers call off strike

Kenyan aviation workers have called off a strike that paralysed the country's main international airport for two days, the civil aviation authority said Tuesday.


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00:00After two days of delays and cancellations, flights from Nairobi resumed on Tuesday as aviation workers called off a strike.
00:09The two-day walkout was the latest in a series of strikes by aviation unions demanding a new collective bargaining
00:17agreement.
00:19Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the two sides had agreed on a way to move forward.
00:26Under the deal, unions will receive agency fees owed to them by the airport's authority.
00:34Negotiations on the collective bargaining agreement will resume, with the aviation authority promising to honour the outcome.
00:42Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi is a major regional hub and vital to Kenya's tourism industry.
00:50The country's transport minister said the government had helped broker the deal between the parties, adding that the loss to
00:58the economy has been huge.
01:01National carrier Kenya Airways says it's working to restore operations, but warned that delays would continue until Wednesday.

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