Hundreds of staff at British Airways are to lose their jobs after an Indian firm was hired to manage its computer systems.
The airline has begun flying in staff from India to replace UK workers after signing a contract with Tata Consultancy Services to provide IT support, the GMB union claims.
British Airways confirmed it has started a formal consultation process and it is thought up to 200 staff could be cast off in the latest round of redundancies.
A raft of IT workers were already made redundant in February when Tata signed the contract with BA.
Philip Pitt, acting head of news at British Airways, said it was impossible to disclose the number of IT workers in the business or the number of job losses because it was commercially sensitive.
The GMB say as many as 800 IT jobs could be lost over the next two years.
British Airways workers staged a picket line and demonstration outside the Home Office yesterday claiming it is abusing the immigration system by allowing foreign workers into the country on Tier 2 visas for skilled workers.
Mick Rix, GMB National Officer for distribution and transport said: ‘Multinationals like British Airways are displacing UK based IT workers with Indian workers by moving jobs from the UK to India.
'This is gross hypocrisy by the Home Secretary.
‘She is talking tough in successive speeches but dragging her feet on action to stop the abuse of tier 2 visas.’
15/06/16 This is Money
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The airline has begun flying in staff from India to replace UK workers after signing a contract with Tata Consultancy Services to provide IT support, the GMB union claims.
British Airways confirmed it has started a formal consultation process and it is thought up to 200 staff could be cast off in the latest round of redundancies.
A raft of IT workers were already made redundant in February when Tata signed the contract with BA.
Philip Pitt, acting head of news at British Airways, said it was impossible to disclose the number of IT workers in the business or the number of job losses because it was commercially sensitive.
The GMB say as many as 800 IT jobs could be lost over the next two years.
British Airways workers staged a picket line and demonstration outside the Home Office yesterday claiming it is abusing the immigration system by allowing foreign workers into the country on Tier 2 visas for skilled workers.
Mick Rix, GMB National Officer for distribution and transport said: ‘Multinationals like British Airways are displacing UK based IT workers with Indian workers by moving jobs from the UK to India.
'This is gross hypocrisy by the Home Secretary.
‘She is talking tough in successive speeches but dragging her feet on action to stop the abuse of tier 2 visas.’
15/06/16 This is Money
