Originally Posted by
Juan Tugoh
This seems self evident, it is also misleading. It implies a responsibility on the company while letting the workforce off the same responsibility. Both company and union have to be reasonable for this to hold true. In this case it is quite clear that the union local branch has not behaved reasonably. BA may not be angels in this, but BASSA and it's officials have behaved appallingly over the progress of this dispute. This is where a lot of anger comes from.
It implies nothing of the sort. If the two are working together for the good of both company and workforce obviously they have equal responsibility. Nothing else was implied. Nothing I said lets the workforce or the off anything.
I do not disagree with your summing up of the BA dispute. I would guess that BASSA had a lot of support in the beginning, but, lost it mainly down to the way they have conducted themselves.