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Deal hope as BA agrees job cuts with unions
Dick Murray08.09.09
Hopes rose today of a deal between British Airways and the unions to end the threat of major autumn disruption for hundreds of thousands of travellers.
A meeting on Friday near Heathrow will tell union bosses the outcome of BA's cuts programme.
BA has agreed there will be no compulsory redundancies — a key factor.
There will still be hundreds of voluntary redundancies but these will be agreed by negotiation.
A union source connected with talks at Acas, the conciliation service, said: “It looks as though we could be heading towards a deal.”
Another source stressed, however, that there are still “major obstacles” to overcome.
