Colleagues in ground support services (GSS) have voted to accept a two-year pay and productivity deal that was unanimously recommended to them by their trade union, Unite.
There was a 73 per cent vote in favour of the deal, which includes:
4% rise in basic pay, backdated to January 2011
3.5% rise in basic pay in January 2012
So remind me how a pay deal that only matches our ground crew colleagues IF productivity targets are met is a win?
This is not a win, it is at best a settlement. None of the items that sparked the dispute have been achieved; NONE. The settlement is pretty much the same as that offered to and accepted by TW such a long time ago - this was rejected as "not good enough" - so what has changed?
BA could have imposed this same settlement - would it have then been acceptable? This is no win, it is an equitable settlement, BASSA and it's apologists, like WWW, claim a victory but it is hollow, and the unions power has been diminshed forever, UNITE will now have the power and BASSA (soon to be extinct) will no longer have the power to call strikes. They have been "done up like a kipper" they just cannot and will not accept this as it woud be crushing to their collective egos. Who cares, this is a great result for the sane and sensible and for the hard working, well respected and independently minded crew like BG. The PCCC on the other hand are the clear losers, they have lost their moment in the sun. They will not trouble us again; they lost when they did not have the guts or gumption to step into the light and disavow their anonymity.
Good luck to all, may this miserable episode be put behind us. A good result today.