How far will Unite go?
It would be naïve to think that BASSA’s endorsement of Red Len for General Secretary came without conditions. Duncan’s (Safety Concerns) posting on this forum stated that the question of balloting for IA would be resolved with the results of the General Secretary election. Was this a “quid pro quo” or something more specific? Will Unite initiate a strike with no chance of success to placate Duncan and a handful of militants? While I do not think Unite should call a strike I actually hope they will. Assuming the strike is “legal” Unite has no big financial downside. The pain will be for the strikers. If BA take the position that the strike is “unprotected” the pain may include loss of employment. Only BA know if the airline can be operated without the services of two or three thousand current CC. If their analysis is that they can continue to operate on a reasonable basis while these employees are replaced I for one hope that strikers are terminated. BA really need to move on.