Heathrow Security (UNITE) Strike Calendar

• Over 2,000 security officers are striking at Heathrow Airport over pay
• The strikes were due to take place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of June
• Following talks with the union, an improved pay offer was made and the strikes were called off
• If the latest pay offer is rejected by members, the 29 days of strike action will go ahead

Heathrow Airport security guards are striking in a dispute over pay. The action is set to begin on June 17 and continue into August. The dispute follows three days of strike action held in late May. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warns that a number of airlines face disruption, delays and cancellation as a result of the strike.

Heathrow airport security officers are being paid less than their counterparts at other London airports, according to new Unite research. This more than justifies the Heathrow workers’ strike action - Heathrow is the poverty pay citadel of London airports. The strikes planned to begin this Thursday (4 May) will go ahead as planned, after last minute talks at the conciliation service, Acas, broke down.

Unite regional co-ordinating officer Wayne King said: “Unite has given Heathrow Airport every opportunity to make an improved pay offer, which could have led to the strike action being suspended. Sadly, they refused to grasp the opportunity to make an offer which could meet members’ expectations.”

Heathrow security officers are planning to strike for eight days next month, Unite said. About 1,400 security officers at Heathrow Airport will walk out for the strike, causing "inevitable disruption and delays" to passengers arriving for the King's coronation. The union's general secretary, Sharon Graham, said "yet again, we have a chief executive who thinks it is acceptable to boost his earnings while he denies his own workers a decent pay rise." This dispute is bound to escalate with more workers being balloted and disruption set to continue throughout the summer. Meanwhile, senior civil servants will vote on industrial action over pay for the first time in more than four decades. The FDA union said its executive committee has voted to launch a ballot in response to the government's decision last week to give civil servants a pay rise of between 4.5% and 5%.

1. Disruption for airline passengers flying from Heathrow Terminal 5 over the Easter holidays has increased.
2. Airport bosses say talks aiming to avert a walk-out by around 1,400 security staff belonging to the Unite union have broken down.
3. The strike is due to begin on Friday 31 March and continue until Easter Sunday, 9 April.
4. Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: “Workers at Heathrow airport are on poverty wages while the chief executive and senior managers enjoy huge salaries. It is the airport’s workers who are fundamental to its success and they deserve a fair pay increase.
5. Our members are simply unable to make ends meet due to the low wages paid by Heathrow. They are being forced to take strike action due to need not greed.
6. Most of the workers who are planning to walk out are employed as security officers at Terminal 5. A smaller number work for the airport’s Campus Security team, who operate control posts that give vehicles access to the airfield.

1. Heathrow security guards are to strike over pay, with passengers warned they face "severe delays".
2. The Unite union said flights using Heathrow Airport will "experience severe delays and disruption this Easter" as the workers stage a 10-day walkout.
3. More than 1,400 security guards employed by Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL), who are members of Unite, will strike after voting in favor of the industrial action.
4. The walkout will begin on Friday 31 March, with the final day of strike action on Sunday 9 April (Easter Sunday).
5. The strike action involves security guards employed at Terminal Five.