whatdoesthisbuttondo have you read the court hearing statement?
Look back a few pages and you will see the judges 3 main conclusions.
1.changes were not contractual
2. BA didnt have the ability to negotiate effectively with the union as BASSA and Amicus would not sit in the same room and were fighting amongst themselves.
3. Due to the dire financial state the company had no option but to impose as negotiations as effectively stopped and the changes were reasonable.
you said ''recent negotiations (or lack of) have been so unproductive that they now are left with the only option but to go on strike''
Its pretty to clear to the judge and infact everyone but an ardent BASSA fan that the unpoductive negotations were due to BASSA and Amicus infighting!!
So to argue crew have no option but to go on strike when the union is the main party to blame for lack of negotiation is not fair to be honest. Hence why you cannot blame management for the whole problem. They may be part of it but untill all BASSA member know the facts and can see their union is mainly to blame the reason many of them believe they are going on strike are redundant.
Of course we can blame the union and show part support for a management that is stuck between a rock and a hard place the facts are there for all those with open eyes to see. Again im not anti crew in any way I am anti union and think they have been mis represented.