BA strike off after court ruling
18.12.09
British Airways has won a court ruling to thwart a planned Christmas and New Year strike. High Court Judge Laura Cox said the strike vote was unlawful because the union had not balloted its members correctly and prevented a 12-day walkout by the Unite union, representing 13,000 cabin crew.
The strike had been scheduled to begin on December 22 after Unite said on Monday that 92 percent of flight attendants voting backed a walkout. However, the court voided the ballot because it included up to 1000 staff who had already agreed to leave the airline.
BA said: ‘We are delighted for our customers that the threat of a Christmas strike has been lifted by the court. It is a decision that will be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of families in the UK and around the world.’ A spokesman said BA hoped the union Unite ‘will take this opportunity to reflect before deciding its next steps. We believe the public would want that too’.
However, Unite said it will hold a fresh vote early in the new year. The union has written to Tony McCarthy, BA’s head of human resources, to inform him about the ballot and request data on crew who will be leaving between now and the end of April so as to ensure that the new poll is entirely legal.
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