ABM (UNITE) Strike Calendar

There will be delays to flights at London Stansted Airport next week, as over 100 Unite members at ABM have voted for strike action, after a pay offer barely worth a tin of beans. They look after passengers with disabilities. Strikes will lead to flight delays, as additional time will be needed to board travellers who need the service. Unite members have rejected a new pay offer from their employer of just an additional one pence on their hourly rates in the first year and a further two or three pence in the second year. The pay offer means that workers would have to work an entire week to be able to afford one extra tin of beans.

Delays to flights operating out of London Stansted Airport are expected next month, as Unite members based there are balloting for strike action. Workers at ABM who look after passengers with disabilities are voting for industrial action over pay after negotiations broke down. Should strikes go ahead, this will cause substantial flight disruption as additional time will be needed to board the passengers who rely on this service.

The 100 plus workers have rejected pay offers from ABM which members believe do not reflect the skilled job they do amid the ongoing cost of living crisis. Many of the workers are paid below the London Living Wage of £14.80 despite the fact that the persons with reduced mobility (PRM) operation which is contracted out to ABM by Stansted owners Manchester Airport Group is a profitable one.