After narrowly avoiding strikes over the summer holidays that could have disrupted thousands of families, Unite have announced that they could strike over Christmas again as ongoing talks between BA and the Union United have stalled again. A Union spokeswoman has said: “a new strike ballot was ‘always an option’ and that there would be a mass meeting of its members on September 6 to decide on future action.”
It thought that the British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association is hoping that a strike over the holidays will put enough pressure on BA, Duncan Holley, branch secretary of BASSA said: “It would be prudent for the travelling public to take this into account and make alternative arrangements to ensure their holiday travel plans are not wrecked. What we are trying to do is give people plenty of notice this time round. We are also trying to put pressure on BA by hitting their bookings during one of the busiest times of the year.”
The threat of more strike action could mean the number of passengers traveling with BA could be affected with many people refusing to now book with them just in case their travel plans are affected.
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