Cabin Crew Conflict - The British Airways Dispute 2009-11

A compelling oral history of the 2009-11 strike action carried out by cabin crew workers against British Airways.

About the author

Phil Taylor is Professor of Work and Employment Studies in the Department of Work Employment and Organisation at the University of Strathclyde. He has researched and written extensively on call centres, work organisation, global value chains, the future of work and trade unionism. He had edited the journals, Work Employment and Society and and New Technology, Work and Employment. He is the co-author of Fighting Fire (New Internationalist, 2018).Sian Moore is Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW) at the University of Greenwich.Robert Byford is a Lecturer and former cabin crew member who photographed the union meetings leading up to the strike.
Duncan Holley is the former Branch Secretary of BASSA, May 1998 - June 2012.
Len McCluskey is General Secretary of Unite the Union. 

Summary

A compelling oral history of the 2009-11 strike action carried out by cabin crew workers against British Airways.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Byford, Sian Moore, Moore Sian, Phil Taylor, Phil Moore Taylor, Philip Taylor, Philip Moore Taylor, Phillip Taylor
• Assisted by: Holley Duncan (Foreword), Len Mccluskey (Afterword)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780745339917
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3991-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Oral History, LAW / Labor & Employment, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Political activism, Trade Unions, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Transport industries, Strikes, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Aerospace & Air Transport Industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Political activism / Political engagement