From the above court judgement:
- The relationship between BA and the trade union branches representing the cabin crews is, in my experience at any rate, rather unusual. Issues which might usually be regarded as falling within the sphere of management are the subject of bilateral negotiation resulting in collective agreements. There may be historical reasons for this; if so they do not matter. The present position is that there are several collective agreements between BA and the relevant trade unions which appear to cover almost every aspect of the cabin crew working terms and conditions. None of these collective agreements is enforceable as between BA and the trade union in that in none of them is there any express intention recorded that the agreement should be enforceable, as is required by section 179 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Does this mean that BASSA's collective agreements aren't worth the paper they're written on?