BAA Airport Fire Brigade Strike Cancelled

[stevemcm 1]

A friend has gleefully told me that the BAA Fire Brigade have nominated a number of days around Christmas and New Year for one day strikes, one of which (2/1/2003), is my departure date. Has anyone any further information? This is seperate from the current Fire brigade union dispute and only affects BAA airports.

 

25/11/2002

After much searching I eventually found this:

 

[glow=red,2,300]Notice to passengers regarding possible strike action at BAA airports

23 November 2002

 

This information will be updated with any new information. Please note, you may need to refresh the page to ensure you see the latest information.

 

We understand the concerns of passengers regarding the threatened action by the TGWU and AMICUS.

 

BAA is doing all it can to resolve this situation before any strike action takes place. Talks between the TGWU, Amicus and BAA which have been taking place since Wednesday 20 November are still ongoing and are at a critical stage. BAA will continue to refine the contingency plans and will be able to confirm more on Monday.

 

If strikes go ahead, we cannot guarantee there will be no disruption on the dates selected by unions. However, we are developing specific arrangements aimed at operating services to our customers on strike days. It is difficult to provide definitive advice to passengers at this stage except to ask you to monitor the situation through the media and this website.

 

The dates selected by unions for strike action are:

28 November 2002

 

2 December 2002

 

10 December 2002

 

15 December 2002

 

23 December 2002

 

2 January 2003

 

Action is due to start from 0600 hours on each of these days for 24 hours.[/glow]

stevoh.

[stevemcm 1]

Forgot to give the URL it is http://www.baa.co.uk/doc/5398503fa16f69a58...0fb5_frame.html

 

stevoh.

[Code Monkey 0]

Here's the latest....The strike appears to be off

 

BAA

 

Strikes called off as unions ballot on improved pay offer by BAA

25 November 2002

 

This information will be updated with any new information. Please note, you may need to refresh the page to ensure you see the latest information.

 

 

BAA today welcomes the TGWU's decision to call off strike action in order to ballot its members on a significantly improved pay offer.

 

The new offer provides an average increase of at least 7%* to basic pay over two years, up from 6.3%. This represents an average increase of £1,400, all to be paid in full in just four months time in April 2003.

 

Commenting on the announcement today, BAA director Tony Ward said: "We are pleased that the TGWU has called off strike action in order to put this significantly improved offer to its members. We are confident that our staff, most of whom do not want to strike, will recognise that the company has responded to their concerns and see this as a fair offer in the circumstances."

 

Discussions with Amicus, the other union proposing strike action, continue in order to resolve their outstanding issues.

[stevemcm 1]

The BAA announcement above is a simplification according to last night's BBC news. The unions have cancelled the first four strike days pending discussions. If no settlement the 5th & 6th days strikes will go ahead.

stevoh.

[stevemcm 1]

Latest Info 29/11/2002

 

[glow=red,2,300]Strikes called off as unions ballot on improved pay offer by BAA

29 November 2002

 

Please note, you may need to refresh the page to ensure you see the latest information.

 

TGWU AND Amicus are balloting on the new, improved pay offer of an average of 7% increase over two years. During the ballot, both unions are suspending strike action for the first three dates: Nov 28, 2 December & 10 December 2002.

 

Strike dates which are not yet suspended are 15 December, 23 December 2002 and 2 January 2003.

 

We will post more information on this website as soon as it becomes available.

[/glow]

[stevemcm 1]

According to the BBC this morning (11/12/2002) the BAA unions have called off their proposed strikes and accepted the pay offer made by the management.

stevoh.