LotPax,
ChicoG
Have you ever heard of SOSR? (One of the six categories of fair dismissal under UK law.)
For example, where there is no actual 'redundancy' situation but an employer wants to introduce new terms and conditions for sound business reasons.
For SOSR to be on legally sound ground the employer must NEED to introduce new terms and conditions, not want to!
Not to mention they would have to SOSR EVERYONE out of cabin crew, and I believe that they are not legally allowed to rehire them immediately. So it sounds to me like it's out of the question. With MF, they've found a way to introduce new T&C's anyway, so I doubt any judge would accept SOSR now.
As I said earlier, I have no personal stake in this, but to balance the strong anti union sentiments on this thread, I think we should also consider whether senior management has done the best job, too.
There is no point in considering something for the sake of it.
And furthermore, I am a firm believer in well run trade unions. However, BASSA is run by a bunch of immature, spoilt brats, and UNITE is run by a bunch of 70's-style flag-waving socialist proles.
So I don't count either of these as a well run trade union.
Next?