Virgin + BAA 計劃12月27日大罷工

Over 3,000 cabin crew at Virgin Atlantic have begun voting on whether to strike in a dispute over pay. If industrial action results then the strike could begin on 27 December 2007 - possibly the same day as a walkout by workers at BAA, a combination of which would result in travel chaos.

Brian Boyd, national officer for aviation at union Unite, said: "Our members do a professional and responsible job for one of the country's highest regarded airlines and their pay should reflect this. At the moment Virgin Atlantic's cabin crew earnings are far less than their comparators on the main business routes at British Airways and clearly this is no longer acceptable to our members."

A Virgin spokesman said: “We don’t anticipate any further contact with the union during the balloting period, our last offer was our final offer and we think it’s a very good one.”

Source: The Times 4-12-07

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