Leading UK air operator British Airways has won its latest High Court case against the unions after the court ruled that staff contract conditions had not been breached following changes to onboard conditions for employees. Unite, the union representing the airline staff, has been in constant negotiations with BA over recent months, many of which [...]

The threat of another strike at British Airways could happened at any time. However, new reports now suggest that the union strike is not likely to happen during Easter. Unite, the union that is representing the airline’s cabin crew, said that no action would occur over Easter. This announcement comes just after the union chose [...]

Reports show that the union has reacted angrily to British Airways’ move to train its ground staff as cabin crew. This move by British Airways came out as the talks between the airline and Unite bosses broke down without any resolution to the ongoing dispute over contracts. The Unite union has announced that it will [...]

It seems that British Airways is not just planning on closing down on the days that the union plans on going on strike. In fact, British Airways has been asking its office-based staff to volunteer as cabin crew members in case of a strike by union members. British Airways went on to send out this [...]

Just when people thought that British Airways was going to be able to work it out with the Unite union, announcements came back that show the talks have now broke down once again. Thus, British Airways’ cabin crew will vote again on the possibility of taking strike action against the company. British Airways said that [...]

British Airways cabin crew are now going to be voting on a new strike ballot as of January 22nd. This is a move that is going to attempt to strengthen the trade union’s position during the talks with the airline. The union thinks that the fear of a strike may make British Airways more likely [...]

In another hope to avoid a strike action, British Airways and Unite union will be meeting. Both sides are going to see if they can come to some kind of agreement on pay and working conditions. The first meeting that British Airways and the union had last month broke down. This breakdown led to the [...]

After just being able to stop a Christmas strike threat, it seems that British Airways is once again going to have to deal with the possibility of a strike. This is because plans for a February strike could already be gearing up due to a New Year ballot. The Unite union is currently updating its [...]

British Airways could be looking at a new strike threat in the new year, according to union bosses. This message comes as the planned 12 day walkout over Christmas was considered illegal at the end of last week. The Unite union said that it would ballot crew members again in the New Year. British Airways [...]

Unite’s ongoing determination to hold a new ballot for their proposed strike has raised speculation in press sectors that the union is facing massive internal disruptions. The union announced the ballot would be retaken in the New Year, following the emergency injunction by the high court to ban the 12-day strike that was planned for [...]

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