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British Airways Industrial Disputes Fact files: articles to read
19 June 2012
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Unread 1. BA on the up after dispute deal 1. Union welcomes BA deal that avoids humiliation 1. iPad: Collecting, Annotating and Redistributing Student Work 2. BA workers vote to ballot on new deal 3. BA and union agree to end dispute 4. BA and Unite reach deal to end cabin crew strikes 5. Unite and British Airways reach agreement on cabin crew 6. Unite to vote on deal to end BA dispute 7. BA and Unite union move closer to ending cabin crew dispute 1. BBC News - BA strike: Hopes rise for end to cabin crew dispute 1. Joint statement by Unite the union and British Airways 1. Reject BA offer, Unite urges crew 2. Unite chooses McCluskey as leader 3. Unite pledges 'alliance of resistance' 4. Unions hail court strike ruling 5. A tsunami of resistance 6. BA strike: pilots' union warns on safety and morale 7. FT.com / Companies / UK companies - BA cabin crew vote for more strikes 8. British Airways cabin crew ballot result 9. BA cabin crew vote for fresh strikes 10. BA cabin crew vote for strikes - now Unite should call action 11. BA cabin crew plan new tactics 12. British Airways strike: time to grow up | BA Pilot 13. FT.com / UK / Politics & policy - PM ready to look at union crackdown 14. British Airways cabin crew hold defiant mass meeting|15Jan11|Socialist Worker 1. BA face further cabin crew strikes - Heathrow Skyport - The independent voice of the airport since 1976 British Airways 1. Risks of the strike reflex | Adam Lent 1. British Airways cabin crew dispute resolved 1. Unite delays BA strikes—again 1. BA turns to psychologist to heal rift with union 1. BBC News - BA recruitment process criticised 1. BA Easter strike is ready for take-off, so make
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