An emergency meeting of all British Airways cabin crew has been called to fight plans to cut jobs, freeze pay and reduce wages and conditions for new staff.
Thousands of workers are expected to attend the meeting, at Sandown Racecourse in Surrey, on November 2, two weeks before the cuts come into effect.
Unite has urged BA not to impose the changes and has warned of industrial action.
Two former sections of cabin crew Bassa and Cabin Crew 89 have joined forces for the first time in over 20 years to hold the joint meeting.
"The situation we now face is so serious that we have taken the extraordinary step of joining together to hold this historic meeting," according to a message being sent to cabin crew.
"It is so important that all crew, whichever part of the union you belong to, need to attend."
Unite have complained that the changes being introduced next month constituted a "fundamental attack" on the jobs, wages and career prospects of all 14,000 cabin crew members of the union.
"They will not only hit the customer service core of the business, but will forever undermine BA's international reputation as a premier airline with premier crew providing a premier service.
"You are now being bullied into the very real possibility of accepting inferior contracts in just a few weeks time," union leaders said in a letter to workers earlier this month.
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