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Fri 05 May 2011BA and Unite reach deal to end bitter 18-month dispute
BRITISH AIRWAYS and its largest union, Unite, have reached a deal to end an 18-month dispute that led to 22 days of strikes, £150 million worth of losses for the airline and disruption for hundreds of thousands of its passengers.
Under the agreement, approved yesterday by union shop stewards, but which still requires a postal ballot of 10,000 cabin crew, British Airways will offer pay increases this year and next, along with restoring free-travel concessions to staff.
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