New pay deal could end Gatwick strike threat
The threat of strikes by workers at Gatwick is looking less likely after the Unite union recommended members accept a revised pay deal.
A fortnight ago, Unite had said members including security staff, trolley supervisors, surface transport workers and engineers could begin strikes at the end of April over a below-inflation pay offer.
Unite is now advising members to accept a revised offer of 6.5 per cent in a new proposed two-year pay deal.
The union said: "Unite members will now be balloted whether or not to accept the pay increase, with branch reps recommending that this is the best achievable outcome through negotiations."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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