BA cabin crew to launch fresh wave of strikes in long-running pay dispute

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>British Airways cabin crew will launch a fresh wave of strikes on Thursday in a long-running dispute over pay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Members of Unite in the so-called mixed fleet &&num;8211&semi; working on short and long-haul flights &&num;8211&semi; will walk out for three days&comma; following a three-day stoppage which ended on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two sides have clashed over pay&comma; with Unite saying the cabin crew earned an average of £16&comma;000&comma; including allowances&comma; a year&comma; but BA insisting no-one was paid below £21&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unite national officer Oliver Richardson said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;From threats to the withdrawal of bonuses and travel allowances&comma; the lengths that British Airways is going to to defend some of the lowest pay rates in the industry is shameful&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We would urge British Airways to wake up to the determination of our members&comma; who contribute massively to the billions of pounds in profits the airline generates&comma; and get around the negotiating table to resolve the dispute&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>BA said all its customers will fly to their destinations despite the industrial action&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Our pay data shows that mixed fleet cabin crew who worked full time over the 12 months to last November earned more than £21&comma;000 based on pay&comma; allowances&comma; incentive and bonus&comma; and we have offered to let Unite carry out an independent audit of this data&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our pay offer for mixed fleet cabin crew is consistent with deals agreed with more than 90&percnt; of British Airways colleagues&comma; including many Unite members&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The strikers will mount picket lines at Heathrow airport&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e32f56cae70">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e32f56cae70'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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