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.
Abasebenzi abangafika ku-2,700 kulindeleke ukuthi bateleke kusukela ngoJanuwari 10 ngemuva kokuchitha isivumelwano esahlongozwa yinkampani yezindiza ngoDisemba, kusho inyunyana.
Isiphakamiso senyanga edlule sagwema ukuphuma obekuhlelelwe uSuku lukaKhisimusi kanye noDisemba 26 (Usuku Lwesibhakela), kodwa amaphesenti angama-70 amalungu e-United States ahilelekile engxabanweni abe esenqaba evotini elaphela ngoJanuwari 1.
Isenzo sezimboni sibandakanya abasebenzi bekhabethe le-British Airways abajoyine inkampani yezindiza ngemuva kuka-2010 futhi basebenze inhlanganisela yezindiza ezimfushane nezithatha uhambo olude.
U-Unite uthe bathola iholo eliyisisekelo lonyaka elingaphezudlwana kuka-£12,000 nemali eyengeziwe enqunywa isikhathi esichithwa emoyeni, inhlangano esungulwe inyunyana ithe iphoqa abanye abasebenzi ukuthi bathole imisebenzi yesibili.
U-Oliver Richardson, oyisikhulu kuzwelonke i-Unite, uthe uthemba ukuthi izingxoxo nenkampani yezindiza zingavuselelwa.
“Ubumbano lusahlalele ethembeni lokuthi isixazululo okuxoxiswana ngaso esihlangabezana nezifiso zamalungu ethu singafezeka futhi singanxusa iBritish Airways ukuthi izibandakanye ngendlela eyakhayo ezingxoxweni eziphusile zokubhekana nenkokhelo yobubha,” esho.
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.
“Sidumele kakhulu ngokuthi i-Unite isiphinde yakhetha ukukhomba amakhasimende ethu.
"Manje sesigxile ekuvikeleni amakhasimende ethu kulesi senzo esingadingekile nesingenabulungiswa ngokuphelele," kusho isitatimende seBritish Airways.
Inkampani yezindiza ayizange inikeze imininingwane yomnikelo wayo kubasebenzi bekhabhinethi, kodwa yathi lesi siphakamiso sibonisa ukukhokhelwa kwezinye izinkampani zase-UK.
