One wonders..............
One of the lines allegedly written by the bassa branch sec is as follows....
" We simply cannot have BA dictating to us how and when our important union work should be done."
Wow!!
Clearly this individual has never worked in the real world. I've worked in heavy industry, fmcg, the service sector (transportation) and in Aviation. In all of those companies, (bar one) there was heavy unionisation. In every company, a representative had to obtain permission from the company to leave their place of work to do "union business". No means "NO".
The union members pay their money to be represented by Full Time Officials, employed by the Union. They are called in when the local rep.can't deal with an issue. In my experience, it has never been the job of an employee/rep. to decide not to work, but to do Union business.
If the expressed view of this branch sec. is the view of the bassa reps, then I hate to think what they'll do when they start working for a company in the real world.
If the BA managers in the past have allowed/condoned/encouraged this behaviour, then shame on them.
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