The non-binding arbitration is just foreplay Super Stall.
When WWalsh completely ignores the mediator,as expected,the Government will step in with a binding arbitration as they have stated that strikes in Semana Santa are not what Spain needs,and will not happen.
When the mediator was accepted by the parts Sanchez-Lozano joked(in front of the State secretary of Infrastructures) that he could "write a book on how to ignore a government Laudo".This didn't cause the mirth he expected so,to patch things up,he added that " mediator or not their plan was going ahead and on March 14 the ERE(layoff) would be implemented".
Said ERE is,btw,gonna get slaughtered in court inside one month for many reasons:
-IAG as a group is making money
-Ibxpress,Vueling and BA are growing
-There is already a voluntary ERE in force which IB is refusing to grant
-Bad faith on IB's side during ERE terms negotiation.With the Government as star witness
ERE's are being invalidated for just one of the reasons stated above so go figure..
What scares me is the "full speed ahead" attitude of management against everything and everybody.Looks like they may be planning to completely shut IB down,keep the brand and maybe re-open later on...far fetched as it sounds.
If all this is just bluster to get the Unions to back down it is clearly not working too well at all.
We have been forced into a situation where we cannot back down,it would mean mid term extinction...i find it hard to think this has not been planned.
Either we are being managed by total morons or there is something very drastic coming soon.Both options are bad.