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Old 15th Jun 2016, 07:40
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Direct Bondi
 
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UK pilots refusing AMS duties in sympathy with AMS pilots are liable to disciplinary action for gross misconduct: i.e. Immediate dismissal.
Correct. “The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld a UK law preventing so-called ‘sympathy strikes’, which have been banned by UK legislation since the early 1990’s”:

http://blog.palmerslaw.co.uk/legal-n...pathy-strikes/

Jezza would like to repeal the law:

Jeremy Corbyn says he would lift the ban on workers going on 'sympathy strike' to support colleagues | UK Politics | News | The Independent

Some information on ‘The right To Strike’ – a study of national law in six EU states:

http://www.ier.org.uk/system/files/T...erspective.pdf

Page 80, The Netherlands - Page 97, The United Kingdom.

CEO master plans of using one airline division to break the strike by another are being applied. Can’t imagine where this is likely to happen next………
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