I n an ongoing pay dispute which saw British Airways narrowly avert a Christmas Day strike, Unite union, that represents airline’s cabin crew, announced a 48-hour walkout for later in January.
A hiki i ka 2,700 kaʻa kaʻa e hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai Ianuali 10 ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi i manaʻo ʻia e ka mokulele i Dekemaba, wahi a ka hui.
ʻO ka hāʻawi o ka mahina i hala aku nei ua pale aku i kahi hele wāwae i hoʻolālā mua ʻia no ka lā Kalikimaka a me Dekemaba 26 (La Boxing), akā ʻo 70 pakeneka o nā lālā Unite i komo i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana iā ia i kahi koho i pau i Ianuali 1.
ʻO ka hana ʻoihana e pili ana i nā hui kaʻa kaʻa British Airways i hui pū me ka mokulele ma hope o 2010 a hana i kahi hui o nā mokulele pōkole a lōʻihi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Unite e loaʻa iā lākou kahi uku makahiki ma mua o £ 12,000 me nā uku hou aʻe i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka manawa i hoʻopau ʻia i ka lewa, kahi hoʻonohonoho i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka uniona e koi i kekahi mau limahana e loaʻa i nā hana ʻelua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Oliver Richardson, ka luna aupuni Unite, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻololi hou ʻia nā kamaʻilio me ka mokulele.
"Ke manaʻolana nei ʻo Unite e hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kahi hoʻoholo kūkākūkā e kū ana i nā manaʻo o kā mākou mau lālā a e koi aku i ka British Airways e hana maikaʻi i nā kamaʻilio koʻikoʻi e hoʻoponopono i ka uku ʻilihune," wahi āna.
Those involved in the strike account for 15 percent of British Airways cabin crew and the airline said it aimed to have all customers travel to their destinations during the walk-out.
"Ke minamina nui nei mākou no ka koho hou ʻana o Unite i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i ka pale ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai mai kēia hana pono ʻole a kūpono ʻole," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo British Airways ma kahi ʻōlelo.
ʻAʻole i hāʻawi ka mokulele i nā kikoʻī o kāna hāʻawi ʻana i nā poʻe kaʻa kaʻa, akā ua ʻōlelo ka manaʻo i hōʻike ʻia ka uku e nā hui UK ʻē aʻe.
