Staff Travel Concessions withdrawal for Strikers
This certainly has got the attention of potential striker and questions are being asked if it is legal as we speak.
"They can’t do that, ….can they? It must be against the law."
Not an actual quote but that would best describe the opinion.
The current BASSA response is that ultimately a case could be taken to the European Court of Human Rights citing discriminatory withdrawal of benefits for staff participating in Industrial Action. It does not clearly state it, but the inference is that under current UK employment law the case would probably fail but could ultimately be appealed and referred to the European Court where it may get a more sympathetic hearing.
Although courts are on the whole unpredictable in these matters, it would certainly be a very long and expensive road for Unite to successfully challenge the promised withdrawal of concessionary benefits.