The Virgin Strike Thread II

[scoobydooo]

sacking the union is not a viable option. After this has ended restructuring the union is very viable and necessary and can be discussed at the mass mettings next week, lets put the questions forward about improving communications.

Regarding your strike scenarios

If everyone goes to work the Company have "won" (gained nothing), If a minority of people(which it looks like being)strike Company "Win" (again nothing gained).

There is one you missed, "a large number of crews go on strike and severely disrupt the programme (which from what I am hearing looks like it will be) the crew members win", how, by showing the company we are united and will not be taken for granted.

Then the company gets the message and make a sensible offer without strings and a plan moving forward then the restructuring referenced above can be put into place.

By not offering for example (this is hypothetical) 5% no strings at a cost of circa £3.3M per annum assuming crew distribution as (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3801642&postcount=116) assuming it is all PAYE rather than paid another way.


It will cost the company much more in lost bookings as strikes continue and passengers decide to book elsewhere, as someone has already said a lot of business accounts have stopped already. The company saying there is no more money to offer and a final offer has already been made, was said after day one also, and subsequent offers transpired (all but one horrendous). The boy who cried wolf is now being chased by the wolf.

As already said, there needs to be improved communication channels moving forward, however is there any point in these if a company is not willing to invest in its staff as it has demonstrated so far but has invested elsewhere, likewise the talk of future profits going to green projects... that will be airshare worthless in its current profit related format rather than turnover.


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