Latest hot GMB rumour off the press is the GMB have been awarded collective representation for Mixed Fleet!
I can only assume that Mixed Fleet have achieved 51% membership in GMB for this to be implemented, ahead of Mixed Fleets exciting new Company communication platform ‘Our Voice, ’which launches mid June.
Numbers are not my forte but in a Fleet roughly 1200 strong and with 400 Cabin Crew in Unite, Mixed Fleet has to be proportionately the most Unionised work force in the UK!
After Gorgeous George Galloway’s performance perhaps I should not be so surprised that a predominantly female work force is so politicised. As the Guardian noted ‘It was the women that won it’.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/04/how-women-won-it-for-galloway?CMP=twt_gu
‘Our Voice’ signals a significant development in Mixed Fleets identity and engagement with our Company. Unite members interested in becoming Union Reps are being encouraged to nominate themselves as candidates to be elected as ‘Our Voice’ Champions.
The planned agenda and topics are ideal for budding Reps to build positive relationships with the Mixed Fleet Leadership Team, an important building block in the foundations of a collaborative and productive future.
You may wonder why Mixed Fleet would even need to have collective Union representation. I would point to the ongoing ballot on the proposed changes to the 1948 Redeployment Agreement, current BASSA input into the smooth integration of BMI Cabin Crew into Legacy Fleet and BALPA’s involvement in the board level decision to add BMI to our family as evidence Unions can support both employees and the business in times of transition.
Whilst Legacy ladies like myself and Betty Girl can offer support and guidance, it is only a matter of time before Mixed Fleet Champions take control of their own destiny, for they are the future.
Last edited by Dingbaticus; 15th April 2012 at 23:38.
Reason: To add a comma and to change my mind again - I am a woman lol.