Having said the above, I think we need to re-focus on the issues at hand, ie whether the next ballot will be legal or not and so on and so forth.
Unite and BASSA may be able to produce a
legal ballot. What is seriously in doubt is whether any strike action will be
protected - there is a big difference!
Given that public communications from both Unite and BASSA have constantly gone on about the links between any forthcoming strike and those that have already taken place, the considered opinion is that a forthcoming strike would
not be protected. The 12 week zone has come ..... and long gone! The first folk to strike would be propelled on their way out of the door, sharpish, with P45 to quickly follow! And vexatious ballots, with no intention of
actually striking, but merely to allegedly damage BA's business, are also likely to fall foul of the law. Either way, BASSA and Unite are up the creek ..... and the paddles disappeared ages ago!
Len McCluskey's 'threats' are mere posturing - he hasn't a hope of getting BA to change it's position.