Originally Posted by
PGberkshire
You know a key reason we have low unemployment in this country is due to the flexible labour market. If you don't like your job, go and interview elsewhere. Lots of BA staff learnt this during the pandemic...
Healthy labour markets and free business is based on competition, choice and flexibility. Unions are just bullies who wait until the time to screw people over comes and then go on strike. They dont create anything, they dont invest in anything, they just take take take.
Nonsense.
Other "less flexible" economies like France, Germany and Italy are also running near full employment right now.
The threat of industrial action is IMHO due to BA exercising it's "flexibility" during the pandemic and the poorly-treated employees exercising their "flexibility" now the tables are turned.
I will turn your arguments around. In a free economy where you suddenly need additional staff to cope with increased demand, the usual path would be to increase or otherwise improve the package offered to existing and new employees. Now, how about careful planning for that in advance so that those poorly-treated staff are not also expected to put in extra shifts and longer hours. This situation was certain to result in industrial unrest and I suspect the package BA will end up giving these staff will cost more than if they'd just been open, fair and honest in the first place. Why does BA always do things this way, regardless of who is CEO this week?