Ballot counted: BA Cabin Crew support industrial action if EG300 Imposed
Well the votes from the BA Cabin Crew/BASSA ballot have been counted.
2731 voters support industrial action by BASSA.
130 voters against.
Just some background for those of you who don't know what the f*ck I am rambling n about! BA management are keen for it's cabin crew and it's trade union reps to accept a new 'Attendence Monitoring process' (EG300). Every other worker area (including the pilots) have signed up to this new policy, which BA says will save it a mint (it is harsher than the current policy, so less absence).
To give an idea of how desperate BA is for the cabin crew to accept the new system, they are offering GBP1000 each as a sweetner.
Us (the cabin crew) and our trade union reps have said that we are in support of a new system provided there are alleviations for Cabin Crew, or a higher trigger point. The reason being that we can not come to work with sinus, colds, intestinal problems (we are food handlers) etc etc. We also don't have the option to work from home when unwell either. All these alleviations have so far been turned down by BA management.
All is not rosy with the new system since it's implementation, especially with the Pilots. Record numbers of them are now 'in the system' and facing disciplinary action, or even dismissal which is the final stage (basically they declare you un-fit for the job if you reach this stage). So we are seeing an increasing amount of pilots coming to work ill, too afraid to go sick.
The implementation of this new EG300 policy for the cabin crew has been dragging on for over a year now.
Talks finally broke down between BASSA and management about a month ago with no resolution. BA's next step would be to 'impose' the new monitoring process.
BASSA sent out a ballot to all its members. Basically the question was 'would you support BASSA in industrial action if EG300 sickness monitoring is imposed?'. And well, for the answer see the beginning of my spiel!
Watch this space.............