BASSA Supporter
Gg. I still think you need not be so defensive. No one is attacking you personally because you hold an alternative view. I am now trying to picture you with thick skin and that big strong backbone....
The BALPA document would not make any difrerence because we are not being offered the same deal. This is union busting remember.
I do not know where such information about BASSA not turning up for meetings comes from. In the last dispute the same accusations were made and turned out to be untrue.
There is a lot of misinformation being put about with the Press being briefed against us by BA and of course, forums such as this are ideal for spreading false rumours and gossip.
Please understand that Walsh was/is a past master at brinkmanship when he was an IALPA rep, but even he has overdone it with all the threats about the company being unviable. This is all part of the cut and thrust when two opposing forces meet. We as a group of employees are not making any demands of BA, it is all one way traffic and we are playing a defensive game. We only want to make a fair contribution to saving BA from Walsh.
If Walsh wants to force through all of his impositions, he will have to factor in the cost of industrial action and the likelihood that UNITE via the Labour government, will not allow him to smash the union. Even Rod Eddington said that he needed the unions in BA, otherwise he could not run a company so big as BA without having such representation of the employees. With Walsh, no such niceties are relevant.