High court judge forbids BA strike, based on Thatcher-era[1] laws designed to fuck up the unions:
The airline won on a technical point, arguing that Unite failed to carry out its statutory duties by making sure that everyone balloted was told the result.
When balloting for strikes, unions should give those who took part a detailed breakdown of the result, as required by section 231 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
The union’s barrister, John Hendy QC, said the airline had not been able to find even one employee who did not know the result of the ballot, which voted overwhelmingly for strike action.
Labour had thirteen years to withdraw or weaken these laws, but never did, despite the fact it was the unions that kept the party going at various times. This was perhaps New Labour’s greatest betrayal of the working classes, taking away most of its rights of self defence.
[1] Technically, Major-era…