Trade
Unionists across the country will be shocked that, yet again, bosses
at BA have forced UNITE Cabin Crew to re-ballot through a combination
of intimidation and a �legal blitz�.
Rob
Williams, National Shop Stewards Network vice-chair and convenor of
its anti-cuts committee said:
"Yet
again today, the BA cabin crew are on the receiving end of blatantly
biased legislation preventing them taking action after jumping through
legal hoops to comply with anti-trade union laws that are already the
most undemocratic in Western Europe. We offer them and their union
Unite our full support as with the RMT who have also been affected
over the last few weeks.
This
is clearly an attempt to prevent working-people legitimately using
their hard won democratic rights to defend their jobs, terms &
conditions and pensions.
Workers will be well aware of the hypocrisy of the government when
they talk about democracy abroad at the same time that they are
enabling a bosses' dictatorship at home. However, we in the NSSN have
every confidence that British workers will prove just as able as their
counterparts in the Middle East at fighting oppression."
Supporters of the NSSN stand fully behind UNITE Cabin Crew in their
dispute and pledge to assist them in any way possible.
