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Bosses are called 'lemmings' in cliffhanger crisis


14.07.09

Trade union activists paraded two cages full of lemmings outside British Airways' shareholder meeting today in protest at its swingeing demands on workers' pay and conditions.

"BA deserves better than to be lead by lemmings," shouted the mis-spelt banners.

Steve Turner, national officer of the Unite union, said: "We want shareholders to press the company to step back from confronting its workforce and to instead find a sensible way forward through what we recognise are difficult times."

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