Unite and BASSA's latest wheeze.
British Airways cabin crew to appeal High Court ruling rejecting injunction against staff changes
So, even though a "... judge ruled against the cabin crew and found BA could legally make the changes as the relevant terms in the collective agreements were not incorporated into individual employment contracts ...", the lawyers for Unite still think they know better:
"John Hendy QC, who will represent the cabin crew at the Court of Appeal, will argue that thousands of cabin crew are "suffering a material prejudicial impact on their working conditions" which had forced them to work harder and become more stressed, so "there was no reason for the Learned Judge to be unwilling to grant an injunction".
Work harder? Give me strength!
How is it that the cabin crew at LGW, who have been working under similar conditions for some substantail time now, have
not been supported by a Unite/BASSA position of "suffering a material prejudicial impact on their working conditions"? Can anyone explain? In fact, I believe it was
BASSA who agreed to put LGW cabin crew on those very Ts & Cs, so why is it now "prejudicial" for LHR, but not LGW cabin crew?
BA now have
precisely the reason they need to serve 90 days notice on contracts for cabin crew ...... which was actually suggested by the very same John Hendy QC in court at the end of last year! Well done Unite!
