BA passengers could be spared further misery
British Airways could be spared a summer of misery as the cabin crew have delayed a ballot on further industrial action to consider the management’s ‘final’ offer to settle their long-running dispute.
The cabin crew’s union Unite said it is not recommending members accept the offer from management, but it has postpone the strike ballot that was due to begin tomorrow to give crew time to consider the management’s proposal.
Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley, said: "As a consequence of the company’s last and final offer the union and its representatives will have no choice but to delay our vote in order to allow our members to consult on the offer.
"The company has made it clear that the offer on the table will be removed if the strike ballot starts on Tuesday.
"It would be therefore be inexplicable if we did not put this offer to our members, and I expect this course of action will be confirmed by our cabin crew representatives when they meet tomorrow."
However, Unite has warned that it is not in a position to recommend the BA proposal to members because it does not fully reinstate staff travel arrangements stripped from crew who took lawful industrial strike action in March and May.
Bev
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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