british airways strike

[Colin Todd]

You really want to look at the facts before spouting off....so what if its cushy..if you r happy to have a job that isnt carry on.....the fact is 94% of cabin crew voted to strike over Xmas tells you how bad they feel...last week 3 planes from America to the UK only had two cabin crew for 280 passengers...if you get your facts right they arnt striking over money...in fact the pilots have just took a 3% pay cut and cabin crew offered to do the same as long as other aspects ie working hours and pensions were honoured......the reason so many people are whinging is because BA are fully booked because cabin crew with BA are the best compared to cheaper options...too many companies are using  the recesion to streamline....at the workers expense,
The head of BA earns 800,000 per year and still collected his 200,000 bonus....its people like you groveling to management and bosses that ensures things dont change....saying that if your boss took a massive bonus while you took a paycut your outlook may differ.

The company is on course for a loss of ALMOST A BILLION POUNDS for their financial year.

Whats more palatable? Everyone take worse working conditions or tens of thousands losing their jobs and pensions. Fucking think about it you thick cunt.

[thepeoplesgame]

The company is on course for a loss of ALMOST A BILLION POUNDS for their financial year.

Whats more palatable? Everyone take worse working conditions or tens of thousands losing their jobs and pensions. Fucking think about it you thick cunt.

What changes have been made to Willie Walsh's pay and conditions? Genuine question, I know fuck all about the details of this strike.

[Batch]

the fact is 94% of cabin crew voted to strike over Xmas tells you how bad they feel...

Not according to one of the cabin crew on BBC news this morning. He said he voted for industrial action, but that no date was specified. The union had the say on when to hold the strikes.

[leefer]

The company is on course for a loss of ALMOST A BILLION POUNDS for their financial year.

Whats more palatable? Everyone take worse working conditions or tens of thousands losing their jobs and pensions. Fucking think about it you thick cunt.

In my job everything is better palatable...it makes unloading alot easier...i posted some tosh towards you Toddy but on reflection ive deleted it....theres people dying and ill and really swearing and getting wound up over something so trivial(to me) is abit sad....so apologies...but i am right!

[BANGKOK RED]

Was it 94% of cabin crew or 94% of cabin crew who are in the union?

[axs]

Was it 94% of cabin crew or 94% of cabin crew who are in the union?

Or 94% of cabin crew who are in the union and who voted.

[Batch]

Or 94% of cabin crew who are in the union and who voted.

At Heathrow. Apparently Gatwick staff underwent contract changes a couple of years ago

[BANGKOK RED]

Approximately 13,500 Cabin Crew work for British Airways

http://www.britishairwaysjobs.com/baweb1/?newms=info42

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Turnout    10,288   
In Favour       9,514 (92.49%)
Against          772  (7.51%)
Spoiled Papers    2 

http://uniteba.com/BALLOTRESULT.html

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So 75 % are union members, seems high to me. Maybe I have got it wrong somewhere.

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A BA letter delivered this morning, which forms the basis for the injunction and a potential compensation claim, centres on the balloting of cabin crew who have accepted voluntary redundancy. About 1,000 cabin crew have accepted payoffs in recent months, but may have filled in ballot forms while they were awaiting BA's response to their redundancy applications.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/dec/15/british-airways-strike-legal-action

So 10% of those who voted have already accepted a payoff?

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Don't know what I'm talking about really, just fishing about cos' it's something to do.

But I don't think it's a plane as it's made out to be (do you see what I did there?)

[ron dodgers]

Maybe the airline should have invested in it's workers when times were good instead of pissing it up the clacker of the shareholders and executives
worker power - it's back

[Simon Pieman]

How does this affect yeo?

[Ginginho]

B.A. official statement - "I ain't gettin' on no plane fool!"

[jonny72]

worker power - it's back

Really? When did that last work out? Probably a 100 years ago.

It didn't do the miners much good did it.

[axs]

Maybe the airline should have invested in it's workers when times were good instead of pissing it up the clacker of the shareholders and executives
worker power - it's back

what makes you think they didn't? It's become apparent they are paid well over industry odds.

[Talk Talk]

worker power - it's back

Worker power = redundancy power.

Top job, carry on.

[stfctownenda]

Strike illegal due to balloting workers that were already leaving on whether they wanted to strike:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8418805.stm