BA bullying backfiring as crew strike holds
firm
28 March 2010
Another week of bullying by BA has backfired, Unite the union
claimed today (Sunday).
Heavy-handed attempts to scare cabin crew back to work -
including withdrawing their travel assistance, deeming sick workers
as strikers, and docking crew wages for days which are not strike
days - are not working the union said as the scale of cabin crew
strikes unfolds and BA's contingency plans unravel.
Unite says that sadly passengers are suffering from BA's
hyped-up claims to be running a functioning operation as dozens of
flights were cancelled yesterday - and that already today BA has
cancelled over 130 flights, its greatest number yet.
Len McCluskey, Unite assistant general secretary said: "BA's
bullying is backfiring. Instead of being cowed by their employer's
aggression, cabin crew are striking forcing BA to cancel ever
growing numbers of flights.
"Mr Walsh needs to stop claiming that BA is flying more
passengers because he isn't. Where he can, he is putting BA
customers onto other carriers and paying heavily for their services
in so doing.
"But where BA is trying to fly its own routes it is clear they
are failing. Dozens of flights flew yesterday without passengers
and crew. Dozens more were simply cancelled, and today
already over 130 flights will not leave.
"Yesterday, hundreds of fed up passengers, encouraged to travel
by management's exaggerated claims, were dumped in the terminal
because the airline ran out of strike breakers.
"Everyone can now see through BA's contrick. It is truly
sad that a great airline can be trashed in this way by its
management.
"Without its cabin crew, BA cannot function. It has to end
this lunacy now and get back around the table to find a
solution."
Yesterday Unite announced that it is seeking legal advice on
BA's attempts to deny striking crew pay for days other than strike
days, and on BA's move to deem sick workers as strikers and punish
them by withdrawing their pay and travel concessions.
For more information about the dispute, click
here
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