Stansted weekend strike called off at eleventh hour
A 72-hour strike by check-in staff due to start early tomorrow morning at Stansted Airport, that would have affected thousands of easyJet passengers, has been suspended while staff vote on a revised pay offer.
Unite called off the industrial action this afternoon after day-long talks with the ground handling agent Stobart, organised by the conciliation service ACAS.
Unite regional officer Mark Barter said: "We had positive talks with the company today, under the auspices of ACAS, and the outcome was that a revised pay offer has been put on the table.
"To give our members the opportunity to consider and to ballot on this offer we have suspended the 72-hour strike that was due to start at 03.30 tomorrow (Friday) and to end at 03.29 on Monday (29 July). Our members will be working normally this weekend.
"Today’s new offer comes after our members had rejected a previous pay offer earlier this week. We won’t be revealing the details of the revised offer until our members have voted on it."
Unite said that there are also strikes planned for August 2 to 5; 9 to ; 16 to 19 August; and 23 to 27.
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