Here we go then al446, cop this for "wild speculation".
Sufficient support (paragraph 36)
When the union refers the matter, the CAC must determine whether the union has sufficient support in the bargaining unit: the test for this is at least 10% of the proposed bargaining unit are members of the union and a majority of the proposed bargaining unit would be likely to favour recognition. A petition may count as evidence.
10% of the unit are union members - excludes huge numbers of pilots - but that, of course, suits BALPA.
If a majority of the bargaining unit are members of the union, the CAC may issue a declaration that the union is recognised for collective bargaining. However, this is not an automatic process.
The CAC must order a ballot if it is satisfied that one of three conditions apply:
- that it is in the interests of good industrial relations to hold a ballot
-that a significant number of union members in the bargaining unit inform the CAC that they do not want recognition
-that membership evidence is produced which leads the CAC to doubt whether a significant number want recognition.
Then if 50% + 1 of the pilots are members of the union, even if they don't want recognition, the CAC can award recognition; hardly democratic.
Then your ballot is not a foregone conclusion either, not the
IF qualification.
To secure recognition, a union needs a vote in favour from a majority of those voting and 40% of those balloted.
The if it does decide a ballot is in order recognition can be declared with with 40% of the union members respond and they get a majority.
All this talks about union members, not workers.
That isn't wild speculation or a horror story: it is from the website you linked to.
As day dreamer said, BALPA want a vote among the union members, not the workers which is why more and more of the bases are having their own ballots and telling BALPA HQ to withdraw the application.
100 per cent, I still haven't had an answer to my questions from either you or BALPA HQ: cut out the flannel about dignity and respect, tell the FR pilots precisely what the improvements will be and when.
We don't need the easyJet roster; ours is better. We don't need your staff travel, ours is better. We don't need crew food, it's rubbish anyway. We have a pension scheme, we get paid for car parking, medicals, loss of licence, uniform so we don't need that.