I realise reading this text might a bit of a challenge for us dumb pilots
, but here's a bit of light background reading about the state of play in Europe, and why under the present rule set any attempt at cross border Industrial Action is usually fecked:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/docume...ATT24274EN.pdf
Section 3, the Laval-quartet, probably best illustrates where we are now legally, like it or not (I don't).
BALPA does get a mention, section 5.2 - at least they have been asking questions