So let me get this straight. CC89 are saying that the ballot reasons are insufficient. Am I right in thinking that they seem to be advising members to vote against the proposals ?? If so this is the most bizarre situation. We have a branch executive who wish to call the membership out on strike, yet they are telling the members not to support the call for strike action ????
You really, truly couldn't make this up.
At least the Unite proposal seems to have a faint glimmer of hope in avoiding 'same cause as previous'
'1. The immediate restoration of staff travel concessions, in full, to the crew from whom they were taken by BA. '
OOoopps - own goal here - this was cited as cause for previous stoppages
'2. Binding arbitration, through ACAS, of all cabin crew disciplinary cases related to the original dispute.'
Was offered in last two proposals - how come Unite didn't accept it then ?
'3. The restoration of all earnings docked from crew who were genuinely off sick during strike dates. '
Genuinely sick folk would have provided a sick note. Guess there are some who forgot or maybe weren't sick enough for their GP.
'4. Full and proper discussion of the trade union facilities agreement at the company with the immediate removal of all threats and sanctions made by BA in relation to this. '
Hey, the last offers included a thing about agreeing facilities within 8 weeks of acceptance. What was wrong with that ??
So two of the four items were in previous offers mad, the sick pay is a red herring - all those who were genuinely sick are the ones who handed in sick notes. The only outstanding item is removal of seniority and that is linked to the previous dispute.
Note that there is no talk about court cases or legal action