British
Airways’ (BA) pay deal negotiations have broken down after the airline’s
engineers voted against accepting a new pay offer.
Seventy
per cent of BA Amicus members voted against accepting a deal that included a 3
per cent pay rise and acceptance of the controversial new swipe cards.
Other
BA employees are to be balloted about the offer over the coming weeks.
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In
July, the introduction of swipe cards sparked a wild cat walkout by check-in
staff, stranding thousands of passengers at Heathrow and costing BA about £30m.
