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 have become acrimonious to say the least. The latest case stemmed from changes made to staff contracts in an effort by the embattled airline to reduce overheads in the face of ongoing economic instability. BA has defended the move aimed squarely at halting falling profit while [...]

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 to hold a new strike ballot.
A spokesman for the union, Len McCluskey, said that he wanted families to be able to plan their travel arrangements in confidence. British Airways attacked the union statement saying that it offered little comfort to travelers, as a strike [...]

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 re-ballot its members on Monday, January 25th on whether to strike or not. This makes the threat of an Easter walkout still very possible. British Airways had just recently said that they were saddened but not surprised at the decision to hold another ballot.
British Airways chief [...]

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 message to its employees after talks with the union stalled out yet again. The airline said that although it was sad that the talks fell through, it was not at all shocking. They also noted that the fact that the union is already thinking and planning [...]

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 they are saddened by this, but are not at all surprised by it. The company went on to add that it would still continue negotiation talks with the union. However, Unite said it will call for a fresh ballot. This could lead to a strike as [...]

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 to cave in to demands.
The voting is expected to take around a month to completely finish. That means that the strike action could start as of March 1st if the estimated 12,700 crew members that are affiliated with this union deem it necessary.
The Unite union [...]

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 announcement of a 12 day strike over Christmas and the New Year.
The good news for passengers and British Airways is that they were able to avoid this strike by getting the court to block the strike. This was on the grounds that the union had [...]

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 membership list of cabin crew to ensure that the next strike ballot, which could take place as soon as the end of next month, is not ruled unlawful. Just earlier in the month, the High Court granted British Airways an injunction, because staff who had accepted [...]

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 and the Unite union are due to appear before the High Court again next year on February 1st. This time they will be taking a look to decide whether the airline’s new working practices are a change to crew contracts. It is very likely that the [...]

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 Tuesday. Such a halt would have created huge misery for close to 1 million travelers this Christmas.
Now, the majority of the UK press has seized on allegations that a more extreme group within the union has publicly gone too far with its threats and demands. Senior [...]