ACAS set to step into BA dispute
Conciliation service ACAS has said it is ready to step in to help settle the dispute between British Airways and cabin crew, as day two of the second five-day strike kicks off.
Last week the airline’s management and staff failed yet again to come to any agreement over the withdrawal of staff travel perks from March’s strikers.
The union Unite said that the strikes have now cost BA around £7m a day. It also says the airline was forced to cancel 100 flights out of Heathrow on Sunday. BA, however, says the strikes have caused much less disruption than Unite had hoped for.
ACAS will attempt to arrange further meetings between the two sides.
Unite holds its annual conference in Manchester this week during which its joint leader Tony Woodley will tell delegates that BA is simply “bullying” them and that continued strike action is just around the corner. The union places the blame for a lack of resolution squarely on the shoulders of BA boss Willie Walsh.
by Dinah Hatch
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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