Absolutely - everyone in IFCE see's the need to make changes that will protect the future for us all - however those changes should not be imposed changes in my opinion
A Lurker,
It is exactly this attitude that gets the other departments riled.
Why should BASSA get another bite of the apple? BASSA had the opportunity, along with all other Unions, to negotiate. They squandered it. BA went further with BASSA past the deadline, BASSA squandered that too. BASSA wanted to run the show and BA wouldn't let them so they walked away like a bunch of petulant children. BA will have all the official transcripts of the meetings and they will come out in Court.
Willie Walsh made it perfectly clear that any delay past the 30th June deadline would cause the losses made by failure to implement would be added to the cost savings required. BASSA then threw their toys out of the cot because their numbers went up.
Nobody on this thread has a beef against the individuals who make up the Union. Lots of people on this thread have a beef against a feckless Union beast who refuses to support its membership.
If you, personally, get fined or take out loans you don't pay or repay then, eventually, that loan or fine will be repayed by imposition.
BASSA left BA with no choices at all. Savings were essential, not just for monetary balance but for Business Plan projection for investors.
Thankfully BA has take BASSA by the horns and will fight them all the way. The impositions are mild compared to what could have happened and BASSA have shown their true overtly militant colours by their recent actions.
Looking forward to the result of the ballot and the court case. This
could bankrupt Unite!