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Originally Posted by Chris
Well, secondary action may no longer be legal, but it seems Unite is determined to get as close to it as possible:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8593516.stm
So, almost 2 million people working in private companies totally unconnected with BA, its staff and the dispute between them, are going to have their pockets dipped by Woodley and his thugs to help pay for their fight with the airline. How wonderfully fair and democratic. |
Your continued existence in the Daily Mail time warp is showing through again Chris. I'll throw a few more facts your way for you to ignore at your leisure
Maybe you know of a different definition of secondary action but my vague understanding suggests that such action would involve trade unionists taking action against employers other than BA. That clearly isn't the case.
No member is having their pockets dipped. No member will be paying any more union dues than they are now. The additional funding is coming from branch administration funds.
Each individual member has the option, as is the case with the political fund, not to pay a branch fund
The decision was taken by the democratically elected executive council, not Woodley. If the council are the thugs you refer then I find that pretty insulting to those 2 million members who democratically elected them.
What is wonderfully democratic is that a trade union is legitimately using resources to fight a Bullying management team intent on doing a bit of trade union busting.
It's a opinion I've expressed often in the BA thread (where I think your post belongs - but I'm not a mod
). I'd like to point out that I'm not one of the leading industrial academics who expressed their concerns in this letter to the Gaurdian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...cademics-walsh
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Overwhelming majorities in two strike ballots in the face of tabloid opprobrium testify to employees' understanding that a victory for Walsh's macho management strategy would precipitate a race to the bottom in terms of working conditions and job quality. In the process, this would damage beyond repair the high standards of customer service for which BA cabin crew are renowned. The wider significance of a triumph of unilateral management prerogative would be a widening of the representation gap in UK employment relations, and a further erosion of worker rights and of that most precious of commodities – democracy.
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Some hefty names there for you to ignore who don't have a political agenda.