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ATW Daily News
British Airways cabin crew to strike for seven days this month
Monday March 15, 2010
British Airways cabin crew represented by Unite announced Friday that members will strike for seven days this month, March 20-22 and March 27-30, and vowed that further industrial action could take place after April 14 "if the dispute has not been resolved."
Both parties made last-minute offers after mediated talks collapsed last Wednesday (ATWOnline, March 11). BA said, "To date, all proposals put forward by Unite fall significantly short of saving £60 million ($90.1 million) a year. . . Unite's action has no shred of justification." The airline said it would "consider refinements" in its plan to reduce crew numbers on flights from London Heathrow if the union could still find a way to reach that savings target. It said Unite proposals to cut crew pay and allowances by £1,000-£2,700 "lack credibility."
The union said it "welcomed" the fact that airline management "finally submitted a formal offer of its own" and thus "acknowledges that negotiated agreement, not imposition, is the only way to conduct mature industrial relations."
However, Unite Assistant General Secretary and lead negotiator Len McCluskey said BA's proposal "falls short of what we believe is needed to address the legitimate concerns they have about crew complement and service delivery." The union will conduct a consultative ballot of its cabin crew members to ascertain their view on the offer, with results expected to be announced by the middle of this week. "Should that ballot show a majority in favor of the company's offer, then all the strike action announced today will of course be cancelled," he said.
The strike, which analysts say could cost BA up to £20-£25 million per day, would be the first since Willie Walsh became CEO in 2005 and the first by BA cabin crew since 1997. The airline has contingency plans in place should a strike occur, which it hopes will allow it to operate all flights from London City, all long-haul and about half of the short-haul flights from Gatwick and a "substantial" portion of its schedule from Heathrow.
Both parties made last-minute offers after mediated talks collapsed last Wednesday (ATWOnline, March 11). BA said, "To date, all proposals put forward by Unite fall significantly short of saving £60 million ($90.1 million) a year. . . Unite's action has no shred of justification." The airline said it would "consider refinements" in its plan to reduce crew numbers on flights from London Heathrow if the union could still find a way to reach that savings target. It said Unite proposals to cut crew pay and allowances by £1,000-£2,700 "lack credibility."
The union said it "welcomed" the fact that airline management "finally submitted a formal offer of its own" and thus "acknowledges that negotiated agreement, not imposition, is the only way to conduct mature industrial relations."
However, Unite Assistant General Secretary and lead negotiator Len McCluskey said BA's proposal "falls short of what we believe is needed to address the legitimate concerns they have about crew complement and service delivery." The union will conduct a consultative ballot of its cabin crew members to ascertain their view on the offer, with results expected to be announced by the middle of this week. "Should that ballot show a majority in favor of the company's offer, then all the strike action announced today will of course be cancelled," he said.
The strike, which analysts say could cost BA up to £20-£25 million per day, would be the first since Willie Walsh became CEO in 2005 and the first by BA cabin crew since 1997. The airline has contingency plans in place should a strike occur, which it hopes will allow it to operate all flights from London City, all long-haul and about half of the short-haul flights from Gatwick and a "substantial" portion of its schedule from Heathrow.
by Cathy Buyck
SAS Group announced formal agreements with eight unions representing flight and cabin crew that will save the company around SEK500 million ($70.1 million) per year and that satisfy "one of the conditions for participation by its major shareholders in the rights issue." The airline and the unions signed a letter of intent in February and the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden were waiting on a final deal before committing to a SEK5 billion capital increase (ATWOnline, Feb. 19). SAS said it now has achieved SEK7.8 billion in savings under the Core SAS program.
