British Airways, union to hold talks over cabin crew strike plan

Talks aimed at averting a planned Christmas strike by British Airways cabin crew will be held on Monday, conciliation service Acas said. Last week, British Airways said the Unite trade union had called a strike involving one of its five cabin crew fleets on Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Dec. 26). The union said last week that thousands of cabin crew had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.