{"id":2995,"date":"2020-05-26T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmbinba.org\/heathrow\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2020-05-26T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:19:00","slug":"gmb-update-26th-may-update-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmbinba.org\/heathrow\/gmb-update-26th-may-update-33\/","title":{"rendered":"GMB Update 26th May (Update 33)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear GMB Member,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Position<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As things stand BA are continuing to issue further \u2018S188\u2019 letters, mainly relating to Head Office areas where they hadn\u2019t previously given detailed figures for the number of redundancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, with the exception of the pilots, there are no consultation meetings occurring between BA and the Trades Unions. It appears that participation levels in the \u2018meetings\u2019 that senior managers are holding with impacted colleagues are also very low – and many cases not attended at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political Outlook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We are expecting details to be released shortly of the government\u2019s response to the crisis in aviation, part of what has become known as \u2018Project Birch\u2019. Already the French and German governments have stepped in to support Lufthansa and Air France\/KLM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chair of the Transport Select Committee, Huw Merryman, has said in the strongest possible terms that BA should pull back from the brink: \u2018British Airways need to read the mood music and stop restructuring now or Govt and Parliament must step in and halt this abuse of power. I\u2019ll never step foot on a BA plane if they go through with this\u2019. (Read the Twitter Feed here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as we hear further details of the government response we will share them with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling the strain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So whilst we are all feeling anxious about the situation, you can see that BA\u2019s leadership are also under pressure. Their actions have caused a public and political backlash and the reaction from the workforce may well have taken them by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will continue to monitor the situation but we think it would be a mistake for our decisions to arise out of a sense of panic. We are at our strongest when we work together \u2013 and that has been our approach to working with our colleagues in Unite. Meetings have been arranged with them this week to review the political, legal and industrial strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we are ultimately accountable to you, our GMB members, and that is something we will never forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take care, stay strong,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nadine Houghton
GMB National Officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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