The British Airways strike has already cost the company tens of millions of pounds. That much is not in dispute.
Today, at Unite’s policy conference in Manchester, we learned from Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley that the dispute has also cost Unite “close to a million pounds” in strike pay. Striking cabin crew get £30 a day.
Woodley also defended the then Labour government for their approach to the strike, in spite of negative comments made by Gordon Brown and transport secretary Lord Adonis. He told a meeting of cabin crew that Brown had made “more than 20 calls, which with a bit more foresight from this company could have ended the dispute many many weeks ago.”
What will run out first – Unite’s strike fund or BA’s fund paying for all those chartered flights?
