British Airways cabin crew strike to go ahead

3:22pm Friday 19th March 2010

By PA News

TALKS aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew have collapsed and the action will go ahead from midnight.

Officials from the Unite union have been locked in talks with the airline's chief executive, Willie Walsh, this week in a bid to find a breakthrough in a bitter row over cost-cutting.

Unite's joint leader, Tony Woodley, said he was "extremely disappointed" that the efforts to head off a three-day strike from Saturday had failed and accused BA of wanting a "war" with the union.

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