23rd Jun 2014 05:55
LONDON (Alliance News) - British Airways, one of the airlines owned by International Consolidated Airlines Group PLC, is facing the threat of renewed strikes after cabin crew said they were prepared to take industrial action after their pay claims were rebuffed, The Guardian reports Monday without citing any sources.
In a consultative ballot last week among members of the mixed fleet, 95% of crew who voted said they would go on strike, the paper says, adding that about a third of the eligible crew voted in the ballot, taken to gauge feeling in a fleet which unionised rapidly under Unite in 2012.
Unons claim many BA cabin crew are now reliant on working tax credits to supplement basic salaries, believed to be a little over GBP12,000 a year, though the airline says earnings should reach around GBP20,000 with full-flying rosters, the paper said. BA has offered a pay rise in line with inflation to other cabin crew on pre-2010 contracts, who work exclusively either long-haul or short-haul in the worldwide or European fleets.
"We are currently conducting pay talks with all parts of the airline and any talk of industrial action by one of four cabin crew groups is completely speculative," a BA spokesman told The Guardian.
By Steve McGrath; [email protected]; @SteveMcGrath1
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