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Article: BA cabin crew accuse T&G union boss of 'selling out' over strike ; BUSINESS
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2007
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The head of the Transport and General Workers' Union, Tony
Woodley, is to face the wrath of British Airways cabin crew furious
at the way they believe the union leadership "sold out" in last
week's deal to avert a strike.
Mr Woodley, the union's general secretary, had been due to appear
today before a mass meeting of cabin crew at a hotel near Heathrow
to defend the settlement, but it has been delayed for a week in an
attempt to allow tempers to cool.
Members of the British Airways Stewards and Stew-ardesses
Association (Bassa), a branch of the T&G, are angry at what they see
as the failure of union negotiators to extract sufficient
concessions from the airline's management.
Mr Woodley ...