Those Cabin Crew members looking for a Government save may find Transport Secretary Philip Hammond's comments in today's Times a bit concerning:
Either you work together with the employer to work on in a viable business, or you do what the London dockers did in the 1960s and refuse to countenance any change,” he said.
“How many London dockers are there now?”
Unite has admitted that they have an agreement on the financial portion of the deal. Will militant cabin crew impale themselves over Mr. Holley's cause?
..and speaking of Mr. Holley, he provides the following appalling quote to the Times which reveals just how far BASSA will try to go to damage their workers employer:
Duncan Holley, branch secretary of Bassa — the section of Unite that represents the cabin crew members — yesterday threatened new tactics because the strikes meant that staff were losing wages.
“Our members are not well paid and are not the sort of people who are able to sustain a year out, so we might have to alter our tactics to begin a guerrilla campaign against British Airways,” said Holley.
“There are a lot of options open — calling then cancelling strikes, short strikes, announcing long strikes to hinder bookings.”