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i don't know why BA doesn't wind itself up and start again without Unite interference

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  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    michaels wrote: »
    My BA shares have done quite nicely thank you since I bouhgt at 1.20 last year :D

    Have you still got them?
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    the strike issue has been around since July last year when the share price was around 120p. once it got resolved

    The strike issue was resolved last year?? What's all this now then?
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    MissMoneypenny wrote: »
    The strike issue was resolved last year?? What's all this now then?
    i didn't say it had been resolved.

    they were having strike issues last Summer right? the same strike issues?
  • barksdale
    barksdale Posts: 30 Forumite
    It's the cabin crew I feel sorry for to be honest. They're being led down the garden path by a union that considers it's own political battling to be more important than the livelihoods of it's members. BA is struggling to keep it's head above water and keep people in jobs, but the union bosses just don't seem to recognise the realities of business. At a time when staff need to be making concessions on pay and conditions, the union leadership just see an opportunity to get themselves on telly. I just hope that BA manage to survive this bloody mess.
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    I thought they had a vote if they didnt want to strike all they had to do was vote against it.
  • JayScottGreenspan
    JayScottGreenspan Posts: 1,008 Forumite
    ukcarper wrote: »
    I thought they had a vote if they didnt want to strike all they had to do was vote against it.
    Suppose you vote against it but it goes ahead anyway. You've got the mortgage to pay. Can't be very nice.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    JayScottGreenspan wrote: »
    Suppose you vote against it but it goes ahead anyway. You've got the mortgage to pay. Can't be very nice.

    I believe only around 30% of those affected voted to strike.

    I have yet to hear the union jusify why BA staff earn loads more than Easyjet or Ryanair people doing the same job.
  • The_White_Horse
    The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
    sack the lot of them. greedy hateful dirts. these people belong in the public sector. make them teachers and classroom assistants - or community support officers.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Sadly I see BA going the way of Rover, Fleet Street Printers, Coal miners etc. The union just cannot seem to get their head round the fact that workers need to adapt to keep a business going in a competitive environment.
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    JayScottGreenspan wrote: »
    Suppose you vote against it but it goes ahead anyway. You've got the mortgage to pay. Can't be very nice.

    I have been in that situation and went on strike its called democracy. You don’t have to join a union so if you do you should be prepared to abide by what the majority wants or leave
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