BA Staff Take Pay Cuts


	BA Staff Take Pay Cuts

David Hughes

6-25-2009 6:49 PM

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BBC take note!

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Analysts said the move amounted to a pay cut of about 3% for the staff who have taken part.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/25/british-airways-pay-cuts"><P>BA said "absolutely no pressure" was put on staff to volunteer for a pay cut and rejected claims of bullying and intimidation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/25/british-airways-pay-cuts"><P>Walsh added that BA is considering charging for beer and peanuts on flights but warned that the airline cannot risk "permanent damage" to its brand.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/25/british-airways-pay-cuts"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/2E0D94D6-4FB2-43B0-87F7-B67CDA936869" alt="British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh at Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FDF83DA0-4B84-4427-80B1-C227276EAB0B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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