BA an Unite go back to court
31.01.10
British Airways will meet the Unite union in the High Court on Tuesday, the latest step in its dispute with the cabin crew union to be decided by the courts. Unite has taken BA to court claiming the airline broke staff contracts when it imposed new working arrangements last November that included cutting cabin crew from 15 to 14 on long-haul flights.
The changes were designed to save BA £140m annually and allow 1000 crew to take voluntary redundancy. The union is currently holding a strike ballot of the remaining 12,000 BA cabin crew members, after its first ballot - and planned 12 day Christmas and New Year strike - was blocked by BA via the courts.
BA says that the changes did not 'alter contractual terms and conditions for individual crew members', and points out that it only introduced the changes after almost a year of fruitless talks with the union. Unite claims that BA forced through the changes, and that this imposition represents a slippery slope for further enforced changes to working practices.
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