Union Shafts its employees - yes its BALPA
If the union behaves like this then you get an insight into why your FS pension didn't get defended. Double standards or what?
Morning Star
3, 2008 Tuesday
Britain - GMB to ballot BALPA workers for strike
action
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General union GMB announced plans to ballot members
working at BALPA headquarters yesterday after the
pilots' union imposed a pay rise and "detrimental
changes" to staff pensions.
BALPA has given notice to its staff that it intends to
close the staff pension scheme to new entrants and to
make dramatic changes to the future benefits afforded
by the scheme. It has also given notice that it
intends to impose a pay rise.
The pilots' union HQ is in West Drayton, just outside
Heathrow airport.
Some 33 GMB members are being balloted for action, the
first time in the history of BALPA that it faces
industrial action by its own staff.
GMB organiser Dave Kent angrily accused his union's
fellow TUC affiliate of "disgraceful hypocrisy," as
BALPA has itself been campaigning to defend the
final-salary pensions of pilots working for British
Airways and other airlines.
Mr Kent said that the call for strike action had been
made after intensive negotiations failed to persuade
BALPA either to modify sufficiently its position on
the pension scheme or to agree a two-year
inflation-proofed pay deal.
The Morning Star published this on Tuesday. Double standards or what?
Now you know why your FA pension scheme went down the tubes, they're behaving like big business too.
"There is no economic justification for these changes
because BALPA is one of the most successful and
financially robust trade unions in the UK," he
insisted.
"No employer, let alone a trade union, should impose
changes to terms and conditions of employment without
the agreement of its own staff. BALPA would not
tolerate such behaviour from an employer that it was
dealing with and the GMB will not tolerate this from
BALPA," said the GMB organiser.
BALPA was unavailable for comment.
The ballot result will be known on June 24.
Last edited by Southernboy; 8th Jun 2008 at 10:03.
Reason: Ommission