Description
Book SynopsisA compelling oral history of the 2009-11 strike action carried out by cabin crew workers against British Airways.
Trade Review'Deserves to be read by everyone interested in building a better world for workers' -- Paul Mason, author of 'PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future'
'Unique ... it lays bare cabin crew emotions ranging from the sense of injustice, anger, fears and anxieties to the joy and sense of liberation that can come from collective organisation' -- Maxine Peake, Actress and Writer
'This excellent book is a timely reminder that strikes and conflict remain enduring features of UK industrial relations. The authors make a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of the meanings of strike action from the perspective of strikers themselves, and to our knowledge of strikes generally' -- Richard Hyman, author of 'Understanding European Trade Unionism: Between Market, Class and Society'
Table of ContentsList of Photographs
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Len McCluskey
Preface by Duncan Holley
Timeline
1. Introduction
2. Cabin Crew Collectivism
3. Project Columbus
4. Balloting, the Right to Strike and British Airways Counter-Mobilisation
5. Collective Organisation: The XXXX Campaign
6. Outcomes: Worlds Turned Upside Down
7. Conclusion
Afterword by John Hendy QC
Appendix: The Participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index
