Litebulbs
I share your concerns, and I guess it will have a lot to do with who is doing the negotiating. The experienced UNITE team are more likely to use it as a tool to help reach a negotiated settlement, whereas BASSA are likely to use it far more belligerently. It seems that it is UNITE is the main negotiating body and that BASSA are being sidelined, so hope remains. BASSA will spin the result and that may lead to problems in gaining a resolution that will be accepted.
Hopefully UNITE will be given a fair warning of the options of failure to agree before BA were to do anything as drastic and final as the 90 day option. BA have shown a lot of restraint in not going down this road so far, let us hope they are not pushed into a situation where they have to re-issue contracts.
Last edited by Juan Tugoh; 18th Oct 2010 at 14:38.
Reason: Insulting Typo - Sorry Litebulbs