Beetlejuice wrote:In view of the comments on here, it would be good to remind everyone what happened to the Bristol postmen and women who were targeted for posting on here back in 2007 during the IA. There was no freedom of speech for them. Also, RM deem this as a public, not private site, regardless of the fact that you have to register your details. (so be warned) any comments that are deemed derogotory, inflammatory or B&H ( in mangement opinion) will be dealt with, when, not if, found guilty.
Management may well have learned from what happened back then, and I should imagine there won't be many posties keeping their jobs if they get into trouble for posting on here. The best thing to do, is what the mods advise: keep your postings sensible, do not fall into the trap of getting involved in heated arguements, which can become abusive at times, or naming names.
This is a good site for posties to chat and exchange banter and info.........In this present climate, we are lucky to be working, so lets not give RM any excuse to put us on the dole!!!
RE BA
The wave of suspensions began at the weekend, it is understood, after one cabin crew worker acquired a list of 40 pilots who had volunteered to work as cabin stewards should a strike be called. That worker posted a message on a Facebook page saying they had the list, and asking others what should they do with it.
The list of pilots is not believed to have been published on Facebook, or on the Bassa site, but news of its existence spread through private emails forwarded to others.
Those under investigation received calls from the airline's management, ordering them to attend meetings at the crew report centre at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Those meetings have resulted in 17 suspensions so far, it is believed.
Some of those suspended insist they had not read the Facebook message, nor replied to it, and could only have been suspended on the basis that they were a Facebook friend of the original poster, said sources. Others, who were not Facebook friends, say they were suspended because someone else had messaged news of the list to them through Facebook.
Unite's assistant general secretary, Len McCluskey, said: "BA has unleashed a cyberspace witch-hunt. Cabin crew have been suspended simply for being a Facebook friend. This is McCarthyism for the internet age.
"This bears all the hallmarks of a management drunk on its own machismo, regardless of the damage done to the airline's image and reputation. It is now time for BA's management to quit harassing its workforce and get back to negotiating a solution to the dispute."
One source said of the disciplinary hearings: "It's like something out of The Crucible. They were asked: 'Are you on Facebook? Have you ever engaged in BA-related discussions on Facebook?' Whatever the answer, they were still suspended. Just commenting on the existence of the list, it seems, is enough to get someone suspended."
Some staff being investigated, it is understood, had received and forwarded, in separate private emails, a separate list of names of BA "strike-breaker" staff enrolled on the airline's cabin crew course, which started two weeks ago to retrain non-flying staff to perform steward duties.
Letters given to suspended staff say: "You have been suspended because of allegations that, in relation to your activity on Facebook, you took part in conduct likely to harass a BA colleague and/or incited others to take part in such conduct."
The allegation is also of having "committed serious breaches under BA's data protection policy by accessing and using, or attempting to access and use, personal data of a BA colleague or colleagues for illegitimate and/or unauthorised purposes".
They now face a "preliminary investigation" and, ultimately, possible dismissal for gross misconduct.
Just hope the I'B, when reading this site, take on board the amount of abuse staff get from Managers--in an earlier post today, someone who had suffered a bereavment, had a DOM leave abusive threatening messages.This happens all the time, so what's sauce for the goose etc.
