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Originally Posted by Maggy J
And isn't it heartening that there are no strikes to look forward to on top of all that.  |
I don't think anybody looks forward to strikes.
.. but it looks likely that there will be some.
IMHO it's another nail in the coffin for BA. Walsh and the rest of BA management could spend some of their energy on negotiating a settlement instead of prolonging the uncertaintly.
The clearly disgruntled work force remain disgruntled. They should be disgruntled with Unite too for allowing Walsh the opportunity to challenge the ballot result.
Where does it leave BA though? How many people are going to book BA in advance when they know that industrial action will happen.
Walsh is pinning all his hopes on a merger with Iberia. Once Iberia have a look at the books and see how deep the hole in the pension fund is they may well just walk away from the proposal. If they don't walk away it will be a marriage in which BA will be the weaker partner. BA will exist in name for a while in much the same way as Abbey National did but in reality it's a British institution that will be lost forever.
Great victory eh
