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Maggy

14-12-2009 18:13

British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8411214.stm

Quote:

British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over job cuts and changes to staff contracts.
The strikes are set to begin on 22 December and run until 2 January.

This has enraged me.I'm not travelling anywhere myself but I'm thinking of those like my niece who lives and works in Brussels who may well not be able to get home for Christmas and see her family..:mad:

It's cynical and it's disgusting.

Hom3r

14-12-2009 18:20

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

With loads of people being made redundant, not getting pay rises, or taking pay cuts I think they are extracting the urine.

BA cabin staff get more than any other cabin staff.

If they strike all customers should get a full refund plus any losses they suffer (one guy is going somewhere exotic to get married).

Striking for more money in the current climate id byind a joke.

Sack the lot.

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 34927259)

my niece who lives and works in Brussels who may well not be able to get home for Christmas and see her family..:mad:

It's cynical and it's disgusting.

can she not use eurostar?

It runs from Brussels to London?

papa smurf

14-12-2009 18:40

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

while the planes are grounded there not destroying mother earth
and that's a positive for me .

Chris

14-12-2009 18:45

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

Hmmm, the country's deep in recession and BA's losing money hand over fist. How best to preserve our living? I know, let's go on strike and make sure our employer loses even more money, resulting in more of us getting told we no longer have a job to go to.

Muppets.

Hom3r

14-12-2009 19:20

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

The only good thing is that BA don't have to pay them while on they'll on strike.

Horace

14-12-2009 19:36

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 34927274)

while the planes are grounded there not destroying mother earth
and that's a positive for me .

They'll just use alternative airlines or fly later. No trees will be saved.

Sirius

14-12-2009 19:39

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

Unions why do you think your GOD.

What a bunch of numpties.

I have just stopped my payments to the CWU last month because of the way they are constantly looking for ways to force a strike :mad:

Maggy

14-12-2009 19:48

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 34927265)

I dare say she could but then so will everyone else trying to get home or go home to Europe..Less planes will force other travellers onto Eurostar or the ferries

punky

14-12-2009 20:42

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

When you have a strike you usually have a reasonably-small undercurrent of support. I'm yet to find anyone who supports this outside of the union and the CC. PPrune is quite anti-strike.

Judging by the amount of people saying they will refuse to use BA (albeit not their fault per se) is quite astounding.

Damien

14-12-2009 20:44

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 34927324)

I dare say she could but then so will everyone else trying to get home or go home to Europe..Less planes will force other travellers onto Eurostar or the ferries

Thank God I already booked my Eurostar ticket.

papa smurf

14-12-2009 20:58

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

i have a boat if anyone wants to pay hideous amounts of money to get to or from yerp :)

Tezcatlipoca

15-12-2009 11:16

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

BA Humbug?

webcrawler2050

15-12-2009 11:21

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 34927259)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8411214.stm

This has enraged me.I'm not travelling anywhere myself but I'm thinking of those like my niece who lives and works in Brussels who may well not be able to get home for Christmas and see her family..:mad:

It's cynical and it's disgusting.

No wonder why the economy is the way it is. I am sick to death of people striking in this country, we seem to be world class in striking. People, shutup do your job, get on with it. Thats not directed at people here, BA staff

MovedGoalPosts

15-12-2009 13:26

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

Presumably these people going on strike will enjoy their dole money. Because that's what will happen as no company loosing so much money can sit idle and do nothing. I just hope that their loosing their jobs because they went on strike would be treated as having resigned from employment such that they can't get the dole for a while.

Kymmy

15-12-2009 13:33

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8414306.stm

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British Airways is to take legal action to try to prevent a cabin crew strike set to begin on 22 December.

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