Conciliation service ACAS is launching proposals aimed at helping to end the ongoing strikes at British Airways.

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The UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service - ACAS - is wading into the dispute between British Airways and cabin crew, in a bid to resolve the differences and bring about the end of months of disruption. ACAS will issue several proposals it hopes will bring about an agreement between BA and the Unite union.

Details of the proposals remain confidential for now but ACAS has arranged meetings with the airline and the union this week. Previous talks in May between Unite and BA being held at ACAS headquarters were abandoned after demonstrators from the Socialist Workers Party invaded the building. For this reason, the timing and location of the upcoming talks are also being kept confidential.

Though it is a positive sign that ACAS is getting involved in the negotiations, the three parties to the talks will have their work cut out for them. The airline has said recently that it cannot move from its current position. Cabin crew are saying industrial action will not end until BA restores cheap travel perks it took away from staff who engaged in strikes in March.

Meanwhile, Britain’s flag carrier continues to suffer. BA suffered huge losses during the ash-cloud debacle. That financial headache was piled on top of losses from the strikes in March, as well as the pain incurred during the global recession and as the price of fuel has continued to rise.

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