BA wants to suspend 32,000 workers after halving pilots’ pay
Covid-19 has caused BA to ground most of its flights while its owner, IAG, has cancelled its dividend
02 April 2020 - 17:48
London — British Airways (BA) is in talks with its union about a plan to suspend about 32,000 staff, a person familiar with the situation said, marking one of the industry’s most dramatic moves yet to survive the coronavirus pandemic.
Having already agreed a 50% pay cut for its pilots, the British national carrier is now nearing agreement on a deal to suspend about 80% of its cabin and ground crew, engineers and office staff to see it through the worst crisis in its history...
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