Originally Posted by winstonsmith
What is the upcoming strike about?
The strike ballot is about the PRINCIPLE of imposing - in this case removing a crew member without negotiations. The court voted in favour for BA and even if it was perfectly legal to remove a crew member UNITE - and many crew - feel they shouldn't have done it without asking them for "permission".
Thanks for this, but didn't the judge address this in his verdict as well? He rules that BA had no choice but to impose the measures since Unite could not get its act together and the economic situation mandated action by BA Management. He even went so far as to say that BA's earlier negotiations with the unions about other changes (while very nice of BA) were not necessary.
Even if the changes were unjustly imposed, the court also ruled that the changes can no longer be undone. So what is the strike about? Punishment? Revenge? What are they trying to prevent?