Originally Posted by flyermanES
So why on earth did they walk out suddenly? Surely if they were concerned with safety around aircraft they would have had meetings with BA Management and announced a strike in one week.
No, a meeting was called and at the meeting the union officials decided that it was not safe to return to work and they did not return to work.
For an official walkout to take place, a ballot would have to be called and the company has to be given a set notice period of industrial action such as 30 days noticee of a ballot to strike.
You cannot notify management of the intention. It would have to be "unofficial" for immediate action to be taken as BA management would just say soemthing like we would be "negiotiating" with the company etc etc.
As this was a safety issue, this is why the loaders walked off straight away.
The subject was about the real reasons of all the walkouts over the last three years... What does everyone think about these as well as the latest one?