Hiflyer14 - a very commendable stance I am sure - in the meantime I am sure that you will continue to enjoy the benefits that many of your colleagues have made sacrifices for and fought for over the years by taking action to secure the agreements put in place between the company and it's employees.
Could you possibly give an example of such Union shining achievements? What sacrifices, exactly, are you talking about? CC agreements haven't basically changed since privatisation back in the 80's. We still have all the trappings of the 1970's LH high yield airlines which all but died out in the 80's except at BA. Lateness credit? CAT turnarounds? Disruption agreements that put the CC rest before the passengers or flight crew? Downroute payments? Disturbed rest payments? Need we go on? Any attempt to change them has met with standard BASSA threatening IA, posturing and brick walling even when possessing no credible evidence to oppose the changes. Please don't try to claim some small personal issues with individual members, we are talking about mass achievements by BASSA. Also don't try the pensions because BASSA stormed out of that one as usual and then came crawling back to accept whatever 'scraps' were left.
The only reason the the CC enjoy the elevated T's & C's they have today is not down to 'sacrifices for and fought for over the years by taking action' by the Union but down to feckless, weak and ineffectual management that haven't had the balls to grab the BASSA monster by the horns and drag it into the 21st century. That can hardly be attributed to the sacrifices of the Union membership can it?
Now, the management do have the 'cohones' and are prepared to fight the beast and BASSA/Unite are running scared with a mis-information campaign, lack of credible facts to their members and a rather sad campaign of personal attacks against the BA management.
All told a little sad.