British Airways union strike leaves 145,000 London passengers in the lurch
BA and its 4,300 pilots have been locked in a dispute that could disrupt the travel plans of nearly 300,000 people in total over Monday and Tuesday
09 September 2019 - 17:43
London — British Airways cancelled almost all flights departing and arriving in the UK on Monday, as the airline’s first pilots’ strike in history began, sparking travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers.
The industrial action over pay on Monday and Tuesday by members of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) trade union follows about nine months of failed talks...
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