Political controversy on British Airways, the looming industrial action escalated with the Unite union, accusing Gordon Brown jumped on the bandwagon of anti-struck when he called the strike “unnecessary and unfortunate”.
In response to the prime minister said the attack on the three-day crew strike scheduled to begin on Saturday, and joint secretary general of Unite, Tony Woodley], and said: “It’s amazing, is not it, how can the people in many times of political interesting to jump how many vehicles to the conviction of the workers. ”
Place in the world In one view on BBC Radio 4, and Woodley] also respond to the Transport Minister, Lord Adonis, most of his criticism of the strike. Adonis said he “regrets at all,” the strike planned by the approximately 12,000 crew, who will also stage a four-day strike from March 27 if there is no agreement to reduce the number of staff.
“For the non-elected person who no longer had the slightest idea about this conflict and I think it could be much better to keep his counsel,” said Woodley]. “We’ve got a man who could be here, Minister of Transport, but has no industrial experience at all, did not want to pick up the phone and know exactly what the problem is on the verge.”
And Woodley] accused Bachelor of seeking confrontation with the single largest group of airlines workers.The plans to review the flight schedule during the strikes.
“This company is not willing to accept this offer, and feel, and wants a war, and wants to take on our members, and I hope I’m wrong but I do not think I’m wrong,” he said.
BA chief executive, Willie Walsh, said he does not want a strike, but united and the airline is not close to reaching an agreement.
United condemnation came from both sides of politics. Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, called for Brown to cut the Labor Party and financial relations with one of the largest donors.
“In the end it is the question of leadership of Gordon Brown, has to cut ties with the European Union together, which is a party within the party now party workers,” said Osborn.
Adonis rejected this and said the strike, BA was “not for industrial and political dispute.”
Labor MP Jim Sheridan, chairman of the joint parliamentary group Unite, said in the world and one that Adonis was “naive” Unite to blame for the conflict. “The prime minister, Lord Adonis and everyone should just take a step back, and have taken a measured approach to this. These inflammatory statements made by Lord Adonis is not very useful, and ifthe Prime Minister is saying the same thing then that is very useful.”
And will more than 500,000 passengers were affected by the seven days of strikes. BA has already offered full refunds to anyone booked to travel between 19 March and 31 March.
“I do not want to mislead people, and we will not be able to work all of our agenda, and this is clear,” Walsh told the Sunday Telegraph. “It would be more than 50%, but probably will not be more than 70%.
“We look forward to increase the number of destinations it serves in the interest of our customers, and we want to get the largest number of customers to their destination as possible.”
BA plans to use 1,000 volunteers drawn from the flight attendant workforce of 38,000, and 23 aircraft leased from other operators complete with their crews for. The board said the service on many flights will be limited.
The preparations for the strike being in the Unite, where Woodley] is a branch meeting of representatives of the crew, Bassa, and after this afternoon. Bassa officials to meet police at Heathrow Airport today to discuss the best place to put picket lines. It is understood that there are about seven places around the airport site, such as the Hatton Cross underground rail station, where the stakes will be allowed to continue.
Bassa last night sent 12,000 members of the criticism of the now-defunct Bachelor show. The offer includes a partial cancellation to reduce cabin crew staff that causedthe strike, together for three years and advance agreement on a proposal for a new, lower-paid recruits for a fleet of aircraft.
The proposal involves the consolidation of a one-time (2.6%) of his salary this year, in line with a similar move by BA pilots, and the return of nearly 700 crew members of the company’s planes. More than 1,100 jobs and the crew had been removed by the Library of Alexandria since November in the wake of a voluntary redundancy and part-time program of work.
“In our view, it was far from a good offer, and some nice words, but not much substance,” said Bassa.
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