In the past.....
Some years ago, a very successful and TU oriented multi-national that I used to work for had an AUEW District Cttee. in the North that hated the Employers guts. Mainly because the employer had not employed members of the District cttee.
Sounds a bit like DH utterly failing to become a pilot........- he likes utterly failing, doesn't he? He's utterly failed to be a pilot, he's utterly failed to be an employee, and he's utterly failed to be a decent TU person..........He has also utterly failed as a Southampton fan, and as someone who once upon a time might have been able to influence the Southampton Board, but that is another story.
Anyway, because that District Cttee was devoted to the failure of that employer, the local HRD set out to break the District Cttee. He was an ex-Boilermaker, so he knew how to fight low and dirty.
he succeeded. Well done Tony. Three years later the employer closed down that site. Well done the AUEW. Lose the battle, and then lose 2,000 jobs.
So - BA have their new fleet, and have their VCC. If bassa, as guided by their mates in the SWP "win" , what exactly have they won?? Answers on a post card.