Elsewhere (?DEP thread) I mentioned the possibility of this dispute ending badly for the Union. If asked today then using a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is complete destruction of the Union, 5 is neutral, and 10 is the Union winning hands down ATM I'm finding it difficult to give BALPA more than 3 out of 10 ...
BALPA is us!
The Union was under serious existential threat from the moment an inexperienced militant bunch of reps were installed by a proportion of the membership who believed, if only the table had been banged harder in previous negotiations we would be in a much better place now. With the associated false narrative that newer members had somehow been sold down the river by a previous ‘compliant’ BACC!! So here we now are! A union on the brink of extinction.
Congratulations!
It’s now pretty obvious the previous bunch deserve more respect for their experience and their ‘craft’?
From September 2018 the resultant disappointment was depressingly inevitable. Either the membership would get a strike... and be disappointed. Or they wouldn’t get a strike... and be disappointed. It is important to realise, the error here wasn’t a mishandled strike. It was the mistaken beliefs that led to striking in the first place.
Some thought the threat of more militancy would deliver a better pay deal.... It didn’t
Some thought the threat of balloting would deliver a better pay deal. .... It didn’t
Some thought balloting would deliver a better pay deal. .... It didn’t
Some thought a powerful result would make BA blink. .... It didn’t
Some thought announcing dates would have BA quaking in their boots. .... It didn’t
Some thought mounting a ‘successful’ strike would bring BA to it’s knees. .....It didn’t
Some
STILL think only more strike action will deliver a better pay deal!!
