Baggage Handlers (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Airports
Latest Baggage Handlers Industrial Action Updates (3)
Workers employed as ground handlers at Heathrow Airport by Menzies have accepted an improved pay offer, ending the threat of further strike action. The workers, who were scheduled to take 72 hours of strike action starting on December 29, will receive a pay increase of 9.5% backdated to May 2022 and an additional 1% from January 2023. The offer was accepted after a ballot of the workers. The strike action had been called off at the last minute in December due to the improved offer. Unite, the union representing the workers, said the pay increase is an "excellent result" and that it will continue to ensure its members receive fair pay increases in the future.
Unite, a union representing ground handling staff at Heathrow airport, has called off a planned three-day strike after a new pay offer was made. The strike, which was set to begin at 4:00 AM GMT tomorrow, would have involved around 400 members of Unite who are employed by private contractor Menzies. Unite will now ballot its members on the new pay offer, and a strike scheduled for December 29 may still occur pending the outcome of the vote.
Baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport have voted to strike from 16 December in a dispute over pay. The 72-hour strike action will affect flights operated by 10 major airlines from Heathrow's Terminals 2, 3 and 4. The dispute centres around a pay offer made to cargo workers, which has not been extended to baggage handlers. The Unite union said ground-handling workers at Menzies Aviation have not received a "fair" pay offer. Airlines likely to be affected include Air Canada, American Airlines, Lufthansa, Swiss Air and Qantas.
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