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Gall, Gregor wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
>
> Professor Mark Stuart (Leeds University) and I have written this
> enclosed letter (see below) in response to the sacking by BA of the
> BASSA branch secretary yesterday. We are seeking signatures by 3pm
> today (7 May) so that we can send it to the newspapers - our
> preference is the Guardian who covered the story on p17 today.
>
> Please just state 'YES' and give your title and institutional affiliation.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gregor
>
> Professor Gregor Gall,
> Research Professor of Industrial Relations,
> Director of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU),
> University of Hertfordshire,
> Hatfield AL10 9AB.
>
> *************************************************************************
>
> Dear Guardian
>
>
>
> BA’s sacking of the Unite BASSA branch secretary, Duncan Holley (BA
> union threatens 20-day strike, 7 May 2010) is the latest twist in a
> bitter and on-going dispute. Mr Holley was sacked for allegedly taking
> unauthorised time off work to conduct union business.
>
>
>
> But there is a wider canvass to this sacking. With the dispute
> continuing and the rejection of the latest offer from BA – because it
> does not deal with the removal of so-called travel ‘perks’ and
> victimisation of union members for campaigning to make the strikes
> effective – this is no way to settle the dispute on anything like fair
> and amicable terms.
>
>
>
> Rather, it is a calculated and inflammatory act, making the sacking
> the fifth such case of union activists being dismissed during this
> dispute.
>
>
>
> And, it is ironic that the original issues in dispute have been
> resolved and that the aforementioned sticking points are because of
> BA’s draconian responses to the union’s strikes.
>
>
>
> Despite Willie Walsh protestations to the contrary when replying to
> the letter from some 100 industrial relations academics in late March,
> the only plausible conclusions are that BA is still bargaining in bad
> faith and that it still does not want to settle the dispute without
> trying to also impose a defeat on the union in order to break it.
>
>
>
> As industrial relations academics, all our experience and research
> tells us that BA’s actions are a recipe for further strife and discord
> in its industrial relations. Indeed, BA is in effective pushing Unite
> to announce further dates for strike action.
>
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