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Old 2nd Feb 2010, 07:26
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Desertia
 
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I get the feeling many BA cabin crew are voting Yes to strike action in the hope that WW will cave in and reinstate crewing levels.
No ChickenLicken, many of them are voting out of fear, because BASSA have been lying to them about the real reasons for wanting them on strike, and continue to do so.
The strike is about protecting the overly-lucrative deals of the old contract dinosaurs that run BASSA, many of whom liked their cushy CSD gig before Walsh ask them to earn it.

If, at the end of this week, the judge states that asking the CSDs to join in the service is neither illegal, nor a great hardship, then they will have to come up with some other lie to lure their followers out, otherwise they'll just look stupid, won't they?

And remember - if they call for a strike based on something that hasn't happened, then BA can sue the breasts off them.

Which is why this court case is a watershed. BA will have already mapped out its course of action, regardless of the result - I doubt BASSA have a clue what to do if they win or lose, apart from call their members out "on principle".

Then we'll see how many "Yes" voters have enough principles to survive on 30 quid for each day that they are supposed to work, and have enough principles to throw away their staff travel forever.

Oh, and lets not forget, have enough principles to risk losing their job at British Airways PERMANENTLY.

(And before anyone says "You can't sack someone for being on strike!", please read this thread from the beginning before you make a fool of yourselves yet again).
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