Common Sense Prevails
So the BAA strike is over - even before it began - and a good thing too!
The company made a 1% offer plus a further 0.5% with a few strings attached - about changes to the sick pay scheme.
The union had a ballot in which less than half the members voted - but produced a 3 to 1 majority in favour of industrial action.
No one really wanted a strike in these circumstances - and common sense finally prevailed - after a bit of ritual huffing and puffing.
The company increased the offer from 1.5% to 2% - and dropped the strings.
BAA employees will also receive a performance related bonus of between £500 to £900 - so long as the company meets its performance targets in 2010 - the workforce having narrowly lost out on a similar profit sharing exercise in 2009.
Honour being satisfied all round - no one is charging the barricades - which is just as well.
The company made a 1% offer plus a further 0.5% with a few strings attached - about changes to the sick pay scheme.
The union had a ballot in which less than half the members voted - but produced a 3 to 1 majority in favour of industrial action.
No one really wanted a strike in these circumstances - and common sense finally prevailed - after a bit of ritual huffing and puffing.
The company increased the offer from 1.5% to 2% - and dropped the strings.
BAA employees will also receive a performance related bonus of between £500 to £900 - so long as the company meets its performance targets in 2010 - the workforce having narrowly lost out on a similar profit sharing exercise in 2009.
Honour being satisfied all round - no one is charging the barricades - which is just as well.
