Originally Posted by
Hooligan Bill
Not quite true, Section A3 3.1 (xii) of the Branch handbook stated that "The BEC shall ballot members for industrial action should the Government announce that it is to sell off its remaining stake in NATS".
However, Motion 5 at Conference 2009 "Conference instructs the BEC to lobby Department of Treansport and Industry to allocate a portion of any future sale of shares by H M Govt for the exclusive purchase by NATS staff.", was passed and the procedural attached to this motion was the deletion of A3 3.1 (xii).
So it appears there is no such manadate.
Hopefully that would be shares with full voting rights??? Otherwise it's just a bribe!