Phil Rigg, you asked
This would eliminate the ludicrous situation we currently have of BASSA claiming 75% support for the strike (after excluding non-union staff and union staff who are not at Heathrow, etc., etc.) when the truth is more like only 27% of the entire workforce who are eligible to join BASSA.
How can the law permit and protect so few people in being able to cause so much damage to so many?
Actually there is no need for a law change. Look at the BA situation. A significant majority voted for strike action, yet when it came to the crunch, the actual numbers who walked out were fewer than ths who voted for action. What we had was a situation where the strike was rendered ineffective because of the numbers of non-union cabin crew plus the union members who presumably didn't vote for strike action, plus those members who voted for action, but had second thoughts on the day. The mistake BASSA have consistently made is in failing to find a cause that is sufficiently strong that it will get the needed support from all its members. The basis of strike action earlier this year was not going to win any support in LGW because they are already working to this arrangement and BASSA's suggested cost savings would have seen cuts in their wages to support LHR crews. LCY aren't involved either. Hence two out of three bases were going to work normally. At LHR, the people who had most to gripe about were the CSDs , so they were bound to vote for action. BASSA are still making the same mistake as now they seem to be angling for reinstatement of sacked staff and return of staff travel with seniority. The only folk who will actively support that will be those who went on strike. Now that is likely to give them a majority in favour of strike action, but they will account for only 50% of all cabin crew (roughly). So once again any strike call will fail dismally.
Everyone has the right to strike, just as every employer has the right to not pay and dismiss staff who, by failing to come to work, are in breach of their employment contract.