Tag: trade union

Heathrow Airport workers reject latest pay offer, union urges talks

Trade union Unite has called on Heathrow Airport bosses to get back around the table after workers again “massively rejected” a revised pay offer in a consultative ballot and the threat of strike action looms once more. The dispute involves security guards, firefighters, engineers, passenger...

Gatwick security guards dispute suspended after improved pay offer

Strikes by security workers at London Gatwick Airport have been suspended after an improved pay offer was made. The 130 members of the Unite trade union, who are employed by ICTS (UK) to scan passengers’ luggage for explosive materials and other dangerous and prohibited materials, were due to ...

Fire and rescue staff join others in strikes at Heathrow Airport

Trade union Unite has announced that over 90 firefighters and fire and rescue staff will join other workers at Heathrow Airport in strike action over a pay dispute. Fire and rescue workers backed the industrial action by 97.6 per cent in a vote with a 90.2 per cent turnout, and will now join 4,0...

Six airports in Scotland closed for 24 hours due to ATC strike

Six airports in Scotland have closed for 24 hours due to strike action being carried out by air traffic controllers over a pay dispute. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) said the airports at Inverness, Dundee, Benbecula, Stornoway, Sumburgh (pictured above) in Shetland, and Kirkwall ...

Campaign to be launched for Heathrow Airport safety inquiry

A campaign to persuade Heathrow Airport to commission an independent inquiry to improve airport safety will be launched tomorrow (Friday May 10) following the death of Unite member John Coles in February 2018 after an accident at the UK hub. The campaign into improving airside safety at the airp...

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