Originally Posted by
Jet II
But why have the unions not proposed this? - it would solve the redundancy issue and protect jobs and take away the issue over the changes in contract. Perhaps one reason is that it might not be seen as fair to some groups of employees?. If you are CC on a legacy contract and earning £60k then a 50% cut to a take home of £30k is no problem - however if you are CC on a Mixed Fleet contract then a 50% cut to your current £25k pay is only going to leave you with £12,500 pa.
The CC Unions? As in Unite/BASSA? Because
AFAIK the rumour is they simply refused right from the outset to get involved in any negotiations with BA.
Can anyone confirm/deny?