Originally Posted by
Landroger
Have Bill Francis or Willie Walsh been found (and documented) to have lied or even been 'economical with the truth' when making any announcement or report? Do they have the slightest evidence anywhere, at any time? If you say that sort of thing to an adoring and largely unquestioning audience, what they think is exactly what you want them to think. Doing this should be actionable, because it causes strikes.
Roger.
Well to be fair. WW said that a meeting had been arranged with ACAS and Unite did not turn up....That was a fabrication that ACAS took him to task on. So the answer to your question is yes. As to anything else he/they have said I don't know how much is truth and how much is spin. I think it will all come out some time after the dispute. I'm sure someone is gagging to write the book.
I gave up thinking that either side was being entirely truthful a long time ago. Unfortunately that's one of the downsides of conducting the dispute in the press.....