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Old 30th Jul 2010, 10:09
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Safety Concerns

Unite have started legal proceedings over staff travel and should it go the full course (which I doubt) I fully expect them to win.
You keep saying this, but I really don't understand the basis of your argument. BA offered staff travel back as part of the latest offer. Therefore Unite simply don't have a legal case for this. That's a fact. There is no argument they can put forward that would enable them to get a case listed on staff travel generally given that BA has already offered restitution and Unite declined it. As I've noted before, their only chance is to identify individuals suffering real loss (ie having to leave their job), and concentrate on those for whom they might be able to construct a case that loss of staff travel was de facto dismissal. Even that is a long shot. Again, BA offered immediate reinstatement of a commuter route, but Unite declined the offer. The Courts won't interfere in this matter, as the resolution being requested has already been offered.
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