Sackings......
Originally Posted by
atyourcervix73
Trouble is, multiply that by 8000 or so, and you can clearly see that the company would quickly become overwhelmed in a legal quagmire, put simply BA would lose each and every case on the basis of a strike carried out in a legal fashion. Only an act of parliament would help them.
Can't get sacked for 12 weeks? Thats what BASSA would like you to believe and what their lawyers said at the meeting, but a little bird tells me they forgot to mention the possibility of unlawful dismissal. Now given that the maximum compensation for unlawful dismissal is around £61K, lets call it £50K to make the maths easier and reflect that many crew won't get anywhere near £50K. A strike costs BA around £20,000K every day. So, if on day 1 of the strike BA sacks 400 crew it'll cost them a maximum of £20,000K. If that shortens the strike by a day WWs broken even. If it shortens it by two days he's quids in. 8200ish voted to strike. Probably about 6000 might actually strike. 1 in every 15 strikers fired on day 1. How long do you think support for the strike will last?