The decision by the High Court today ruling that the BA strike ballot is illegal will come as some relief for the 1 million passengers due to fly over the 12 day strike period the union Unite had planned for the cabin crew staff. The intervention comes as BA executives demanded the strike not to go ahead because the balloting had breached the 1992 Trade Union Act, because around 900 cabin crew balloted despite taking voluntary redundancy before the strike was due to take place. However Unite has slammed today’s verdict as a “Bad day for democracy” and has said it would hold a new ballot, which is expected to take place in about 2 weeks.
This outcome is a huge relief for BA who stood to lose millions if the strike went ahead, they are now hoping to come to some sort of agreement with Unite before the second ballot takes place.
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