Unite general secretary Len McCluskey writes: "If BA's management believes that it can secure industrial harmony by these methods it is living in a fools’ paradise. Only negotiation, not litigation or intimidation, can start to heal the wounds caused by this dispute.
Well at least the penny has finally dropped that "no negotiation" as decided by a tiny percentage of the membership at the racecourse was not the best way to solve the dispute. It really didn't have to be like this.