Originally Posted by
Mariner9
I've just seen an interview with the new Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond.
Apparently he's having a meeting with BA and UNITE "next week".
The strike is due to start Tuesday for Gods sake. If I'd have been the new Transport Sec I'd have got them in today and not let them out again until either UNITE agree to stop their pointless destructive strike and start looking after ALL their members interests, but if they refuse, instruct WW to issue P45's to all those striking on the first and (if any) subsequent days of the strike. This insanity has got to be stopped once and for all.
NO NO NO !! The last thing this dispute needs is some political numpty interfering in something he doesn't understand. No matter how good his "briefing" is it cannot possibly cover all the twists and turns of this dispute.
Let BA and Unite slug it out for one last time and see who is still standing at the end.
It needs a definitive end, not a political fudge.
IMHO
