Just 25% of voters back the BA strike, a poll found
12 April 2012
Only one in four voters supports the strike by British Airways cabin crew, according to an opinion poll carried out in the days before the walk out.
A survey by ICM for BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, found 60% believe the industrial action is "unjustified" while 25% expressed support.
Young people were the most supportive - 39% of 18 to 24-year-olds offering their backing to 44% opposed - the poll of 1,002 adults across Britain suggested.
The research also found that more than a third (36%) believe it is "unacceptable in today's society" for workers to have the right to walk out at all.
More than half (57%) continue to support the right to strike, it showed.
