{"id":21894,"date":"2020-06-03T16:10:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=21894"},"modified":"2020-06-03T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:10:25","slug":"wanton-act-of-industrial-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=21894","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wanton act of industrial vandalism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (June 3) highlighted the appalling behaviour of British Airways, which has moved to sack its entire workforce of 42,000 and rehire some 30,000 of them on contracts that will see their pay plummet by 70 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the BBC News today on the Victoria Derbyshire programme, he accused BA of a &#8220;wanton act of industrial vandalism&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"British Airways disgraceful act\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yn2FyDtz5gc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>McCluskey&#8217;s intervention this morning comes as Unite has ramped up its campaign against British Airways in a bid to pressure the company to reverse its decision on redundancies and the new contracts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also comes as MPs across parties today (June 3) debated the aviation sector amid the coronavirus crisis after Tory MP Huw Merriman raised an Urgent Question. MP after MP lined up to demand that the government take action against British Airways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Kelly Tolhurst, who spoke on behalf of the government and stood in for chancellor Rishi Sunak who failed to attend, did not commit to any specific course of action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the message from MPs was heard loud and clear &#8211; that something must be done to stop British Airways from taking advantage of a crisis and destroying jobs and livelihoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unite has highlighted that one key way to pressure British Airways is for the government to review its allocation of landing slots, which BA depends on. This measure was raised by a number of MPs in today&#8217;s debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting earlier today, McCluskey said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere should be\u00c2\u00a0a government review of British Airways\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 domination of\u00c2\u00a0UK\u00c2\u00a0landing slots amid the airline\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s betrayal of its workers and the British public,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere must be consequences to BA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actions, the airline should not automatically have rights to landing\u00c2\u00a0slots as it plans to destroy British Airways as we know it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about Unite&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/babetrayal.com\/\">British Airways campaign here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (June 3) highlighted the appalling behaviour of British Airways, which has moved to sack its entire workforce of 42,000 and rehire some 30,000 of them on contracts that will see their pay plummet by 70 per cent. 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