British Airways’ olive branch withers under union gaze
Wednesday, 11 Nov, 2010
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British Airways’ attempts to bring to a close the ongoing dispute between management and cabin crew with a peace deal has faltered.
The carrier has made an offer which it has asked airline union Unite to recommend as a precondition for putting it to members but branches of the union Bassa and Cabin Crew 89 have both rejected the offer.
BA has offered the use of conciliation service Acas to the 16 crew who have been sacked over the dispute in the past year but there are parts of the offer which shop stewards have expressed concern about, namely the airline’s request that all legal action concerning the dispute be abandoned.
A spokesman for Bassa said: “There are some good parts within BA’s offer, in particular their acceptance of binding independent Acas arbitration, but there are many other clauses which we simply, as a trade union, cannot recommend."
Bassa said there were still plans to arrange a consultative ballot on the offer. If it is turned down by members, it is thought that both Bassa and Cabin Crew 89 will introduce a strike vote.
It is likely Unite will recommend the offer in a consultative ballot later this week. The union said in a letter to members it was “technically” recommending the deal because there was nothing better on the table right now. But it added that it would hold a strike ballot if the deal is rejected.
by Dinah Hatch
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