BWIA unions back Govt

BWIA’s unions are standing behind Government’s position on the airline, president of the Aviation Communication and Allied Workers Union Christopher Abraham said yesterday.

Junior Finance Minister Ken Valley said on Thursday that BWIA’s management had left out key information in its survival plan submitted Tuesday. Valley said because of that Government does not know the exact state of BWIA’s affairs. BWIA’s management presented the plan to Abraham on Thursday but the union leader said he was not satisfied. “It is another example of dishonesty and deception by the airline,” Abraham said. He added that the unions are also waiting to hear from BWIA’s other major shareholders. Valley said Government would only help the airline if the other major shareholders played their part as well. After a meeting about two weeks ago, Valley and the unions pledged to use their combined 49 percent shareholding to bring about change at the airline.