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Old 22nd Jun 2010, 19:19
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An interesting excerpt from the article in the Telegraph

Should the ballot endorse further walkouts, Unite is set to switch tactics and embark on guerrilla action aimed at disrupting BA without hitting its members’ pockets.
This would mean a series of sporadic one-day strikes which, in some cases, would then be called off at the last minute.
Privately union sources have admitted that their members cannot afford a series of prolonged stoppages such as the series of five-day strikes earlier in the summer.
BA faces fresh strike threat - Telegraph

What Unite and BASSA fail to understand is this sort of threat is exactly why BA cannot deal with them with any sense of mutual trust.

They aren't speaking of striking...they are speaking of using the threat of the strike to damage the airline.
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