Unfortunately, the IPF has the opposite effect to their no doubt good intentions.
If you find yourself needing to force through union recognition by your company by having over 50% as members, but where a proportion of that (eg) 51% who are union members are actually members of IPF, then all the management will say is "oh - well you don't have 51% membership of BALPA so I'm not talking to anyone"
If it werent for IPF, my company would be BALPA recognised. As it is, we have effectively nothing, and very poor terms and contract abuses.
Last edited by Joe le Taxi; 20th Mar 2006 at 16:59.