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News | This is London: "The head of Gate Gourmet, the catering firm to British Airways which is at the centre of the dispute, was locked in discussions with Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) general secretary Tony Woodley.

About 670 Gate Gourmet staff were sacked last week in a row over working practices.
'This is the fourth day of talks to try to resolve the issues. The stakes remain very high,' said a TGWU spokesman.
The talks are being overseen by conciliatory service Acas.
As discussions continued, BA, which had to cancel hundreds of flights at the end of last week after the dispute escalated, announced that its Heathrow operations were almost back to normal.
A leaked draft document obtained by the Daily Mirror has suggested that Gate Gourmet considered provoking strikes last year so it could replace staff with cheap labour.
Gate Gourmet has said this was a proposal by a former management team and was discarded by the present bosses."