Just look at the present Gate Gourmet dispute, where a trade union is trying to get workers who broke their own rules on striking without a ballot reinstated without suffering any penalties at all

Yow, do you ever read anything except the Daily Mail? Here are the facts:

The workers used to work for BA directly. BA wanted to save money by outsourcing the operation. They sold the catering facility to Gate Gourmet, who contracted with BA to provide airline 'meals' at a particular price. They got the job because the price was low enough to make it attractive to BA.

They then "suddenly" discovered that they can't deliver the service at that price. So in order to make production cheaper, they cut their workers' wages by 25%. Surprise, surprise, the workers, living in one of the world's most expensive cities, didn't like this.

The BA staff supported this. I think any halfway decent human being would have done.


Who precisely is bullying whom?