Fresh Strike Fears For BA

Fresh strikes could be on the way from British Airways cabin crew workers unless the long running feud is sorted out. Brendan Gold a national officer said it would ballot its members when the time was right because many issues remain unresolved.

Around 1000 cabin crew workers gathered at Kempton Park racecourse to discuss the next step in their battle with Willie Walsh. Members wore yellow ribbons out of respect to its punished co-workers, some of which have lost their jobs through the stand-off.

Unite is still calling for the travel concessions removed by BA from striking workers to be re-instated. Which it says is victimisation of its workers, out of the 65 cabin crew workers who were subject to disciplinary hearings 49 returned to work and 16 were sacked.

But BA have hit back by saying the cabin crew union Bassa has been talking for months about holding a ballot for the last three months, but doesn’t have the authority to hold such a ballot.