Tue, May 11, 2010
Plan Walkouts For 20 Days Over A Four Week Period
The long-simmering dispute between British Airways and its
cabin crews is showing no signs of abating. Unite the Union said
Monday cabin crews plan to hold an additional 20 days of strike
action following their "overwhelming" rejection of the
company’s offer in a ballot last week.
The union said BA management failed to offer any new proposals
to settle the dispute over the weekend, so crew are to take strike
action on the following days: May 18-22 inclusive, May 24-28
inclusive, May 30-June 3 inclusive and June 5-9 inclusive.
“Passengers and investors alike will be dismayed that
British Airways' management rejected an approach by the union over
the weekend, after their offer had been comprehensively turned down
by their own employees," said Unite’s joint general
secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley. “Cabin crew are
left with no choice but to take further strike action. There
can be no industrial peace without meaningful negotiations and
while management victimizes trade unionists and uses disciplinary
procedures in a witch-hunt. The seven days notice period is
sufficient time for BA management to do the sensible thing and
reopen meaningful negotiations.”
Unite is also intending to hold a further industrial action
ballot of BA cabin crew over issues which have arisen from the
company’s conduct during the dispute.
BA said in a statement "We are confident that many crew will
again ignore Unite's pointless strike call and support the efforts
of the rest of the airline to keep our customers flying." It says
that many union flight crew members broke the picket lines and
worked during a similar labor action in March, and that it thinks
that service from London's Gatwick and City airports will be
largely unaffected. The New York Times reports that the airline
also would operate as many of its long haul flights as possible
from Heathrow.
"We are speaking to a number of carriers about leasing in extra
aircraft to support our shorthaul schedule and also obtaining
thousands of seats from other airlines to help our customers rebook
if their original flight is cancelled," BA said. the airline will
release a revised schedule for Heathrow several days before the
strike is set to begin.
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