
The Socialist 18 August 2010
Action now to defeat cuts!

Pakistan: Workers' solidarity urgently needed
Floods in Pakistan bring devastation - poor suffer most
Youth must fight for a future!
Student demo should be start of the fightback
Uni bosses say cuts will cause closures
Forecasts of fragile economic growth
Cameron sticks the boot into our council housing
Private-profit company granted 'snoopers' charter'
Private Finance Initiative: A licence to print money
Coventry Against the Cuts challenge councillors' 'legal obligation'
Northern Ireland: Belfast Stop the Cuts Alliance established
Bromley care workers fight privatisation and job cuts
Defend Our Community Services launched in Bracknell
Cuts devastate mental health services
Kirklees Unison strike ballot launched
CWU members accept BT pay deal
Debate how to fight back at Socialism 2010
Tube staff vote for action against cuts
Jobs under threat at Ministry of Justice
Airport workers win improved offer from BAA
Socialist Party summer camp - book now!
Russia's raging wildfires - a crisis of government policies
Bradford must organise against the EDL
Birmingham: Community says 'No' to racist spy cameras
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Airport workers win improved offer from BAA
Proposed strike action by airport workers at BAA has been called off according to Unite the Union. This follows on from what the union called "constructive talks" with BAA at ACAS.
The ballot for strike action was called following a year of pay freezes and then a 1% pay rise and a further 0.5% linked to changes in sickness payments this year.
The changes to sick pay would have seen workers lose £1,000 in a year. Workers were particularly unhappy with the original derisory pay offer after it was announced BAA has improved its financial position this year. A strike ballot returned a healthy majority in favour of action on 12 August.
Industrial action would have seen check-in staff, security personnel, engineers, firefighters and ground staff walking out. Had strike action gone ahead it would have effectively paralysed airports at Heathrow, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Unite announced on Monday 16 August that the company has put a much improved pay offered forward which the Unite negotiating committee will be recommending to their members.
Under the new deal workers will receive a 2% pay rise and a guaranteed lump sum payment of £500. The conditions regarding changes to sickness payments have been withdrawn.
Although this is still a below inflation pay offer, in real terms a paycut, this is still a significant improvement from BAA's original position.
The very fact that BAA was forced to come up with an improved pay offer underlines the point that despite the economic crisis workers can still force concessions from the employers where they are organised in a position of industrial strength and are prepared to take decisive action.
Neil Cafferky
In this issue
International socialist news
Pakistan: Workers' solidarity urgently needed
Floods in Pakistan bring devastation - poor suffer most
Socialist Party youth and students
Youth must fight for a future!
Student demo should be start of the fightback
Uni bosses say cuts will cause closures
Socialist Party editorial
Forecasts of fragile economic growth
Socialist Party news and analysis
Cameron sticks the boot into our council housing
Private-profit company granted 'snoopers' charter'
Private Finance Initiative: A licence to print money
Socialist Party campaigns
Coventry Against the Cuts challenge councillors' 'legal obligation'
Northern Ireland: Belfast Stop the Cuts Alliance established
Bromley care workers fight privatisation and job cuts
Defend Our Community Services launched in Bracknell
Cuts devastate mental health services
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
Socialist Party workplace news
Kirklees Unison strike ballot launched
CWU members accept BT pay deal
Debate how to fight back at Socialism 2010
Tube staff vote for action against cuts
Jobs under threat at Ministry of Justice
Airport workers win improved offer from BAA
Socialist Party events
Socialist Party summer camp - book now!
International socialist news and analysis
Russia's raging wildfires - a crisis of government policies
Socialist Party news and comment
Bradford must organise against the EDL
Birmingham: Community says 'No' to racist spy cameras
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