British Airways cabin crew are to hold 20 days of strike action in a long running industrial dispute over pay and working conditions, the Unite union said today.
The first action, the third wave of strikes by BA staff this year, will begin on May 18th and run until May 22nd. There will be further strikes on May 24th-28th, May 30th-June 3rd and June 5th-9th.
"Passengers and investors alike will be dismayed that British Airways management rejected an approach by the union over the weekend, after their offer had been comprehensively turned down by their own employees," Unite's joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley said in a statement.
"Cabin crew are left with no choice but to take further strike action," they said, adding the seven days until the first strike gave BA bosses sufficient time to reopen negotiations.
The union, which represents about 90 per cent of BA's 12,000 cabin crew, said 81 per cent of those balloted had voted against BA's latest offer last week.
Reuters