Ousseynou Ly will be joining the Inspirational YOU ‘Succeeding in law’ panel at Birkbeck, University of London.  He graduated in 2011 with a 1st class degree.

What is your current role?

My day job is at British Airways where I spend most of my time in trade union duties on behalf of Unite the Union.  I represent a bargaining group of 7,500 employees made of all ground staff across all UK airports and Head Office staff.  I chair the Terminals 5 and 3 Panel at Heathrow and have done so for the last 9 years.  I negotiate yearly pay and conditions deals for UK mainline A-scale staff.  I also sit on the Employment Policy Council, which negotiates and reviews all corporate policies for the entire airline.  We make sure they comply with legislations and are flexible and family friendly. (more…)