Originally Posted by
Orion Man
I think the imposition of new working practices arbitrarilly was bound to inflame opinion and raise blood temperature levels. I fail to understand when the Union was offering cost savings to match what the company was striving for, that the two sides could not have found a compromise.
They WEREN'T though. They didn't review BA's accounts to ascertain the true financial picture, and the 'cost savings' they proposed failed to stand up to scrutiny.