BA: United we stand campaign
5 August 2010: URGENT MESSAGE TO ALL BA CABIN
CREW - repudiation of the
call (or calls) for industrial action. Click here for more
information.
2 August 2010: Talks between Unite and
British Airways have taken place at Acas.
26 July 2010: Unite to challenge
BA decision to remove striking cabin crew’s travel concessions
- After careful consideration, Unite believes that
management’s action breaches European human rights legislation.
20 July 2010: BA crew reject latest offer -
Unite urges BA to hold fresh talks - joint general secretary
Tony Woodley said: "Let's get round the table - let's solve the
problem."
13 July 2010: BA's AGM was held in
London today. Please click below to view some news from this
event:
The Telegraph
The Independent
The Guardian
Unions appeal to BA shareholders to bring peace to airline -
CCOO statement
on BA dispute / BA
Shareholders – It’s time for peace
12 July 2010: BA cabin crew will lobby
shareholders at tomorrow's AGM.
27 June 2010: Unite the union confirmed today
(Sunday) that the new offer to British Airways cabin crew could
lead to the postponement of the new industrial action ballot.
22 June 2010
Unite has advised BA that it has until Tuesday 29 June to
demonstrate that it is willing to negotiate a solution to the fresh
issues between the parties - or it will hold a new ballot of its members for strike
action.
16 June 2010: At present there are no
further meetings between BA and Unite planned. Acas is monitoring
developments and its services remain available.
10 June 2010: The strike has cost BA more than
£154 million and Unite announces that it is now preparing for a new
ballot over bullying and intimidation, travel concessions and the
working environment unless Walsh comes back to the negotiating
table.
5th June 2010: Latest wave of strike action:
Unite cabin crew are taking five days of strike action from 00:01
Saturday 5th June 2010.
30th May 2010: Strike action ongoing: Unite
cabin crew are taking five days of strike action from 00:01 Sunday
30th May 2010.
20th May 2010: Unite on court of appeal
judgment: The court of appeal has overturned an injunction
against the cabin crew's strike over a technical breach.
URGENT NOTICE - 19:15, 17 May 2010
TO ALL UNITE
MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL
ACTION CALLED FOR
18/05/10 TO
22/05/10
24/05/10 TO
28/05/10
30/05/10 TO
03/06/10
05/06/10 TO 09/06/10
BA have obtained an injunction from the Court
preventing us from taking the above industrial action. Members must
neither threaten nor take any industrial action during this period,
and must work normally.
All officers and representatives
of the Union must do their best to ensure this message is passed on
to all affected members without delay.
We are appealing the decision.
Fighting back at British Airways – airline
warned Walsh's slash and burn strategy could destroy the
company
Unite cabin crew members at British Airways
recognise the pressures facing the company in the midst of the
current economic crisis. Negotiations have been going on for over a
year, but despite cabin crew being asked to make the heftiest
sacrifices of all, British Airways continues to provoke cabin crew
by imposing changes and refusing to negotiate openly and
fairly.
LATEST NEWS
- Check out the
latest news updates and read the Truth about the BA
dispute
Background
BA cabin crew offered
changes to pay and working practices that would have made savings
of more than £100 million for British Airways, but the company
rejected these proposals and repeatedly walked away from talks
while introducing provocative changes.
Cabin crew are the customers’ closest contact with the airline,
does British Airways really want to change from being the world’s
greatest airline to the world’s most basic airline?
The latest provocation came when the company called for ‘strike
breakers’ to stand in for crew during a strike. Find out more on
the campaign, see the latest news
updates.
Unite has denounced BA's attempt to impose significant
contractural changes on its cabin crew employees, and introduce a
second tier workforce on poorer pay and conditions.
Unite believes the new contractural changes are an attempt to
force staff to pay the price for management failings with the
company wringing more and more out of fewer and fewer staff who
will be paid less.
Working hours will be extended, crew levels will be slashed,
career opportunities will disappear and new starters will be
brought in on bargain basement wages. Unite says this will
inevitably damage customer service and hit the brand, possibly
leaving it beyond repair.
Read the full background article from the
October/November 2009 edition of Unite's Workplace
Reporter: BA warned to back
off
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