I n an ongoing pay dispute which saw British Airways narrowly avert a Christmas Day strike, Unite union, that represents airline’s cabin crew, announced a 48-hour walkout for later in January.
Ogwira ntchito mpaka 2,700 akuyenera kunyalanyazidwa kuyambira Januware 10 atakana mgwirizano womwe ndegeyo idakonza mu Disembala, bungweli lidatero.
Zopereka za mwezi watha zidalepheretsa ulendo womwe udakonzedwa kuti uchitike pa Tsiku la Khrisimasi ndi Disembala 26 (Tsiku la Boxing), koma 70 peresenti ya mamembala a Unite omwe adachita nawo mkanganowo adakana voti yomwe idatha pa Januware 1.
Zochita zamafakitale zikuphatikizapo ogwira ntchito m'kanyumba ya British Airways omwe adalowa nawo ndege pambuyo pa 2010 ndikugwira ntchito maulendo afupiafupi komanso aatali.
Unite adati amapeza malipiro apachaka opitilira $ 12,000 ndi ndalama zowonjezera zomwe zimatsimikiziridwa ndi nthawi yomwe amakhala mlengalenga, bungwe lokhazikitsa bungweli lidati limakakamiza antchito ena kupeza ntchito zachiwiri.
Oliver Richardson, mkulu wa dziko la Unite, adati akuyembekeza kuti zokambirana ndi ndege zitha kukonzedwanso.
"Kugwirizana kumakhalabe ndi chiyembekezo kuti mgwirizano womwe ukugwirizana ndi zokhumba za mamembala athu ukhoza kutheka ndipo kulimbikitsa British Airways kuti ichite nawo zokambirana zomveka zothana ndi malipiro a umphawi," adatero.
Those involved in the strike account for 15 percent of British Airways cabin crew and the airline said it aimed to have all customers travel to their destinations during the walk-out.
"Ndife okhumudwa kwambiri kuti Unite yasankhanso kuyang'ana makasitomala athu.
"Tsopano tikuyang'ana kwambiri kuteteza makasitomala athu kuzinthu zosafunikira komanso zopanda chifukwa," adatero British Airways m'mawu ake.
Ndegeyo sinafotokoze mwatsatanetsatane zomwe ikupereka kwa ogwira ntchito m'kabati, koma idati lingalirolo likuwonetsa malipiro amakampani ena aku UK.
