Gatwick strike threat

Saturday, 22 Feb, 2017 0

Gatwick Airport workers who help passengers with reduced mobility are to vote on strike action in a row over pay.

The ballot opens on Thursday and closes on March 9.

The union Unite claimed it would take ‘significant strike action’ if there is a yes vote.

It claimed the majority of its 200 members employed by the OCS Group at Gatwick are paid only £7.65 an hour. They have already rejected three separate pay offers in the long-running dispute with the company.

OCS said it was ‘in active discussion’ with the union and hoped for a ‘swift resolution’.



 

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Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk



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