I did not suggest that the union reps had made people redundant, this was clearly a company decision based on loss of work, mainly due to airlines pulling out of Stansted because of increased landing fees. But.......
Fact 1: The company did not dictate the criteria used to the union. Both parties agreed it.
Fact 2: The company only wanted to take into account employee's records going back 2 years.
Fact 3: It was the union that insisted on taking into account employee's records going back 5 years.
Fact 4: By going back 5 years it put more long serving employee's in the firing line than it would have done if they had only gone back 2 years.