No, no, no
PC767
The disciplinary procedure has been agree with all unions.
BASSA is part of Unite. For BA to permit any disciplinary actions relating to BASSA members be dealt with by an independant authority suggests
a) that the company is unable to deal with these matters in an equable manner, hence they are immediately discredited
b) that any Unite member can expect to get treated in the same way.
BA would effectively be saying 'we are not able to manage our workforce' How do you thnk that would go down ?
Moreover, there is recourse to an independant third party anyway. Anyone who is unhappy with their treatment on discipline matters can appeal to an industrial tribunal. Introducing this independance at the disciplinary stage would rob the individual of the ability to appeal to an industrial tribunal - not really in the individual's interest then is it ?
I think this suggestion is yet another attempt by BASSA to divert attention from the fact that a number of staff, some of whom are reps, have behaved in a debatable manner and have found themselves on final written warnings or sacked.