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Article

23 Jul 2019

Author:
Gwyn Topham, The Guardian

UK: British Airways pilots vote to strike after rejecting three-year pay deal

"British Airways pilots back August strike", 23 July 2019

...British Airways passengers face the threat of disruption next month after pilots at the airline voted to go on strike over pay...

...93%...voted in favour of taking industrial action after rejecting a three-year pay deal. Strike dates have yet to be announced by the pilots’ union Balpa...BA is now trying to obtain an injunction to prevent a strike...

...BA...said it remained open to peace talks but that its proposed pay offer of 11.5% was fair and had been recommended by the Unite and GMB trade unions to their members working at BA in other roles.

The airline said: “We are very disappointed that Balpa has chosen to threaten the travel plans of...our customers...We continue to pursue every avenue to find a solution to protect our customers’ travel plans and avoid industrial action and we urge Balpa to return to talks as soon as possible.”

 Unions have been pushing for a deal at a time when British Airways has reported large profits, bringing in the majority of the €2.9bn (£2.6bn) pre-tax profit recorded by parent company IAG in 2018...