Originally Posted by Mohitomaster
Bassa have tried to negotiate, We will always disagree on this item, so not prepared to argue
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Did they really?
Here are the FACTS and links to the source -
I heard evidence as to the course of events at ACAS and the following emerged. The BASSA and Amicus factions were separately represented and sat in separate rooms. Despite the efforts of ACAS they could not be persuaded to join forces for a meeting with BA. The latter raised the possibility of separate agreements with the respective factions but, understandably, that did not appeal. In the overall result there was no meeting between the Union and BA
Malone & Ors v British Airways Plc [2010] EWHC 302 (QB) (19 February 2010)
During June 2009, there was a serious disagreement between the two union branches with the result that it was no longer possible to conduct meetings at which both branches were present. In late June, BA put forward a proposal which included specific reductions in crew complement. Two days later, Unite put forward a Pay and Productivity proposal which it claimed would save £173 million per annum. Although this proposal included some reduction in crew complements, these were not as significant as the BA proposal. BA then analysed the costings within the union’s proposal and found that it would result in savings of only £53 million. It was therefore unacceptable. In July and September, there were several attempts at further negotiation, some involving ACAS. A particular difficulty was that the two branches of the union were still not prepared to work together.
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resource...alone-v-ba.pdf