Am I alone in seeing history repeating itself here? Back in 1997 BASSA refused everything, refused to talk/sit in the same room etc etc .Then they called a 3 day strike which was supported, but not to a great extent. Most crew went sick.
CC89 (as was) did not call for strike action, but continued to negotiate and then sign, the Worldwide Agreement we know today. BASSA refused to sign it initially. Yet again we have the lies, the propaganda and the total inflexibility of a bunch of people who, no matter what the outcome of the proposal/disciplinaries etc, are protected by UNITE for whom they work and have clocked up enough years and pension contributions within BA to be financially safe in the future. The rest of us are going to be left hanging high and dry if this proposal is not accepted. The next offer will be a lot less favourable.
Had BASSA even considered discussing "The Hourly Rate" a few years ago we would not be in this mess now, but guess what - they refused to sit and even consider it......you've got to give it to BASSA for consistency at least!
