A strike by airport workers planned for Friday and Christmas Eve has been called off.
The 48-hour strike by baggage handlers, check-in staff and ground crew employed by Swissport would have seen over 1,500 frontline airport staff walk out in 18 UK airports.
Unite has Swissport members at the following airports: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Doncaster, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Leeds/Bradford, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton and Stansted.
The dispute was over pay with union Unite claiming that the “chronic low pay” had “barely kept up with inflation”.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: “That the strike is called off is obviously good news for Unite members and very welcome news for passengers.
“No worker likes taking strike action but often the threat of it is the only way to make headway in very frustrating circumstances.
“All along we have said that these workers have a powerful case. They are employed on poverty pay rates – this union says that this is not good enough and so we are determined to win them a better deal.
“That is what these excellent stewards have made headway on today. We now take this offer back to the members for their consideration.”
McCluskey also called on British Airways bosses to “meet members halfway” on its ongoing pay dispute.
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