Actually, you are wrong. Holley is no longer employed by BA, he was sacked and his use of office facilities for union work were removed by BA.
He is behaving as 'secretary' of BASSA and still 'leading' from the front but as he is not now one of them - it is all false. In other words he CANNOT speak for them. Mind you BASSA has not negotiated or met BA for over a year! Now that is quite something.
However, he is reported as saying in The Times, that it is all over, "the union is broken."
Now, perhaps things can get back to where BA should be.
Perhaps it's his bank account that's broken
From the Times Online
mark jones wrote:
As a long serving worker with BA, please dont think many of us are like Bassa's general secretary Duncan Holley. We all known this individual for too long, and he has looked after himself big time. Apart from a basic salary from BA ( until 2 weeks ago!) of 42000, he has taken between 12-15k for 'office duties' ( As he flies just 4-5 times/year.) But the really big earner that the crew DONT know about is that he is entitled and still takes 3% of their monthly contibutions into his back pocket. 12000members x £16.50/month = 6k/month for him alone. Oh yes he earns in total more than most longhaul captains!! He has never divulged this to any of the members. Wonder why? Another union rep playing poor me when the oppisite is true. He has caused a lot of problems for too long. Good riddunce
May 25, 2010 9:49 AM BST
source http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article7135454.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084