The British Airways cabin union strike has started and will last for five days with further similar action planned for 30 May and 5 June.  This is in spite of BA boss Willie Walsh saying yesterday (Sunday) that he was hopeful the walkout could be averted.  Talking on TV Mr Walsh made an emphatic point that the Unite joint leader Derek Simpson was being extremely rude using his Blackberry to relate publicly all that was going on at a private ACAS meeting between the two sides.  On Saturday talks ended following an impromptu demonstration by left wing protesters which joint union boss Tony Woodley described as “totally unhelpful”.

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