Rabat, March 6 -- Early Wednesday at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), over 2,000 airport employees gathered to strike, halting all airport operations. At midnight, staff from all parts of the airport, including security officers, cabin crew, customer service, and grounds operation staff stopped working.

The employees are striking against a new plan in which Kenya Airways, a private airline, would take over the management of airports from the Kenya Airports Authority, a government body. Among their grievances, airport staff complain of poor working conditions, unfair hiring practices, and unacceptable salaries. The employees' salaries have not been revised for four years.

"JKIA is a public entity owned by the governm...