BA Crew set for Easter strike action
BA Strike Could Affect Easter Plans
29 March 201183% of the 6981 Unite members who returned a valid paper, voted in favour of staging another British Airways cabin crew strike that could affect traveller's easter plans, earlier today. Unite polled approximately 10,000 members.
The vote to decide on strike action was a re-run of an invalid vote that took place in December.
Unite, the union representing the BA cabin crew staff, now has 28 days to make a formal announcement stating their intentions of staging an official strike.
The long-standing row started back in 2009 when airline management began cost-cutting by reducing the number of crew aboard long-haul flights from 15 to 14, and rolling out the introduction of a two year pay freeze from 2010.
The situation escalated when travel concessions were taken away from BA staff involved in initial strikes, followed by disciplinary action against some of the Unite union members.
The union now wants all travel perks restored, the arbitration of all cabin crew disciplinary cases related to the dispute and the restoration of full pay to those members of staff who were genuinely sick while the initial dispute was taking place.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, "This vote shows that the cabin crew remain very determined indeed". He also called on the BA board to "think again about how to regain the trust and confidence of a significant part of their cabin crew operation".
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