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Unite halts ballot over BA offer

Unite has suspended the ballot of Cabin Crew members.

The union had been due to ask 11,000 cabin crew members to vote on whether they wanted to accept the proposed deal, but the Bassa Branch of Unite decided earlier this week it could not support recommending the offer.

Tony Woodley, Unite’s joint general secretary, said any sense that the offer was being presented to cabin crew over the heads of “unwilling representatives” would be damaging to the union.

“Under these circumstances I have suspended the ballot on the offer and will meet with all our cabin crew representatives as a matter of urgency to consider the next steps,” he said.

Bassa objected to clauses in the deal, including one requiring the union to drop all outstanding legal claims arising from the dispute.

The cabin crew branch will now press for another strike ballot.

One option is to put the offer to members without recommendation in a consultative ballot, and if it is rejected then hold a strike ballot.