Strike misery threat to UK holidaymakers
Unite the union will announce today whether it will bring six UK airports to a standstill later this month, causing chaos for hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers.
The union has called on more than 6,000 workers at all BAA-owned airports to vote in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.
The result of the ballot of airport workers, including essential staff such as firefighters, security guards and engineers, will be revealed this afternoon.
BAA says that if strikes go ahead it will have to close Heathrow, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton airports.
Meanwhile Sanish air traffic controllers have called off a planned three-day strike next week.
The controllers’ union UNSCA postponed the strike over pay and conditions following an outcry from Spain’s tourism industry, but it says workers may strike in September unless its dispute with the airports authority AENA is resolved.
By Linsey McNeill
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