BA and union fail to agree as strike nears

Talk about bad timing with the potential strike after the flight cancellations due to the volcano....

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BA-and-un ... l?x=0&.v=7

23-May-2010

British Airways (LSE:BAY.L - News) cabin crew were bound for a five-day strike this week after the airline and union leaders failed to resume talks on Sunday, blaming each other for the communication breakdown.

Without a last gasp deal, the first of three five-day protests planned in response to BA's cost-cutting drive will go ahead on Monday.

Negotiations to avoid the strike broke down on Saturday evening after protesters gate-crashed the talks.

BA and Unite union chiefs had hoped to resume talks on Sunday but none were arranged and both sides took to the airwaves to argue their points, making it all but inevitable that the strike will go ahead.

Unite co-leader Tony Woodley offered to call off the industrial action if BA reinstated travel allowances for striking staff.

Was in BA's JFK Terminal 7 today (Tuesday 5-25) and only 2 of the LHR flights showed cancelled, everything else on time. From what I read yesterday they operated around 60 pct of Long haul and 50 pct of short haul out of LHR. This round 1 of 3 should end Thursday.

Cheers

LGA777