GMB, the union of aviation workers, has backed calls for Ministers to step in and give the industry the bail-out it needs but said it must come with iron guarantees from aviation employers that jobs and pay will be protected. Virgin Atlantic Chairman Peter Norris will reportedly write to the...

GMB, the aviation union, says thousands of Swissport baggage handling jobs are now at risk at Birmingham, East Midlands, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Manchester airports following the collapse of Flybe. Nadine Houghton, GMB National Officer, said: “This is devastating news for GMB membe...

A planned strike by baggage handlers and other airport workers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport over the bank holiday weekend is set to be suspended. Around 200 employees of the ground handling company Swissport, who are represented by the GMB union, had been due to walk out in a dispute over wa...

Liverpool John Lennon Airport is set to face August Bank Holiday (26 August) travel chaos with Swissport ground handling workers set to go on strike over pay and other issues. The GMB Union said it is undertaking industrial action ballots for around 200 members working on the Swissport easyJet c...