Originally Posted by
notlangley
1) Is the total number of Unite members unknown to BA management?_ (Because of Chinese Walls within BA)
2) Does the authenticated numbers of Unite members only become known when there is a vote to strike?
3) Is BASSA/Unite uncomfortable for its membership shrinkage to be authenticated?_ (i.e. authenticated by a vote to strike)
BA management know how many members BASSA have due to 'Payroll deduction'. The vast majority of BASSA members pay by this method and in the past BA has used this to 'Verify' the membership in order to allocate seats on BA committees.
CC89 members are the opposite virtually all being Direct Debit.
I am not a legal expert but would think that, as BA is registered to hold details of their cabin crew under the DPA, and they carry out the function of deducting subscriptions at the request of the union and the individual it is not a breach to pass the information on those numbers to other relevant departments in BA.