British Airways and replace them with agency staff; it is estimated that the strike cost British Airways £30 million and caused disruption to 100,000 passengers. In October 2006, BA became involved in a civil rights dispute when a Christian employee was forbidden to wear a necklace bearing the cross, a religious symbol. BA's practice of forbidding such symbols has been publicly questioned by British politicians such as the former Home Secretary John Reid and the former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. Relations have been turbulent between BA and Unite. In 2007, cabin crew threatened strike action over salary changes to be imposed by
Steve Turner (trade unionist) chain at Dagenham, Civil Engineering and construction, London’s night-time wholesale markets and the unions 23,000 strong London buses membership. Turner rose to become National Officer for the Unions Docks and Road Transport Sections in 2003. He later assumed the union's National Officer for Civil Aviation position and played a leading role in the successful Cabin Crew dispute (2010/11) with British Airways. In 2011 Turner became the Unions Director of Executive Policy before being appointed by the Unions Executive Committee to Assistant General Secretary in 2013. In recent years, Turner has been at the forefront of successful negotiations to resolve disputes