The items of dispute are as follow.
1. The immediate restoration of staff travel concessions, in full, to the crew from whom they were taken.
2. Binding arbitration, through ACAS, of all cabin crew disciplinary cases related to the original dispute.
3. The restoration of all earnings docked from crew who were genuinely off sick during strike dates.
4. Full and proper discussion of the trade union facilities agreement at the company with the immediate removal of all threats and sanctions made by the company in relation to this.
5. The immediate cessation of actions taken against elected representatives of cabin crew, including; victimization; intimidation and exclusion.
6. The introduction of mixed fleet on different terms and conditions without agreement with the union.
7. The discrimination applied to union members in the allocation of part time contracts and transfers in breach of the Ops and Choice framework.
8. The company's continued and specific disregard for necessary union agreement in advance of any application of the disruption agreement.
9. The continued use of volunteer and/or temporary crew from outside the recognised NSP on both the Eurofleet and Worldwide fleets and their employment on terms and arrangements outside of existing agreements between BA and the union.
10. The company's offer of a separate pay settlement and variations to terms and conditions for those willing to accept non-negotiated changes to their contracts.
AV - you asked "What do they want?"
So, here goes:
They want part-time - but rejected it when it was offered November 09.
They want staff-travel back - but, with clever negotiating, didn't have to lose it in the first place.
They want the disciplinaries to be heard by ACAS - already offered by BA, but rejected by not balloting members previously.
They want security against Mixed Fleet - which was offered through the MTP in Nov 09, and again rejected. MF was also off the table at one point, but that offer was also rejected.
They want to be involved in Mixed Fleet - yet didn't take the chance when it was there.
They resent the VCC - yet continue to disrupt normal business by balloting/striking.
They want the Union facilities agreement back - yet they were the ones who walked out on this agreement.
They want to "negotiate" - yet they voted at Kempton Park in 09 not to negotiate.
They want sick pay for sick crew during the strike - yet we were all warned sickness would be classified as striking.
They want the reps to be treated with Diplomatic immunity!
They want full say on the Disruption Agreement - yet there is now virtually no need for one, due to the VCC's.
And they want those of us who have had the foresight to abandon this Union and accept an individual offer to be denied our individual freedom of choice and suffer in the BASSA mire.
In a nutshell, BASSA had a golden, unique, once-in-a-lifetime, not offered by all companies opportunity to rewrite our agreements, to their hearts' content, as long as it added up to the savings of £127m. They walked out on that golden opportunity and now they are crying in their milk!
Hope that clears it up for you!!
