Strike action is due to blight the airways again. British Airways cabin crew on Friday voted to strike again in a long-running battle.The long standing dispute is over proposed job and pay cuts.The Unite union said that of 7,330 valid ballots, 78.5 percent backed strike action, while 21.5 percent opposed it.So far, no date has been set and the door remains open for further talks. "For the fourth time in 13 months, British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in support of their union and expressed their dissatisfaction with management behaviour," Unite General Secretary-designate Len McCluskey said."This dispute will be resolved by negotiation, not litigation or confrontation, and it is to negotiation that BA management should now apply itself. We are ready," he added.The dispute, which has already cost the airline GBP�150 million (USD$240 million),� began last year over proposed cuts to pay and staffing levels. It has now broadened into a fight over issues related to last year's strikes.This includes the restoration of travel perks confiscated from cabin crew who took part in the original strikes.� The union is also demanding binding arbitration on disciplinary cases linked to the original dispute as well as� the restoration of earnings docked from crew who were genuinely off sick on strike dates.
22 January 2011
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