Menzies Aviation (Birmingham Airport) (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Airports
Latest Menzies Aviation (Birmingham Airport) Industrial Action Updates (2)
An all-out strike by plane refuelers employed by Menzies Aviation at Birmingham Airport has been called off at the eleventh hour following an improved pay offer. The workers were due to begin strike action tomorrow (Tuesday 15 August), which would have created considerable disruption and delays across the airport.
However, as workers began to prepare to walk out, Menzies made a revised offer. The new offer is as follows: a nine per cent pay increase, a one-off payment of £750, making temporary staff permanent, and upgrading communications technology. The members were balloted on the offer and it was accepted.
Refuelling tanker drivers and operators employed at Birmingham airport will strike over pay, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today (Tuesday).
The workers, who refuel over three quarters of planes at the airport, have rejected a nine per cent pay offer. This is a real terms pay cut when the real rate of inflation, RPI, stands at 10.7 per cent.
Last year, the workers received a six per cent pay rise, which due to rocketing inflation was also a significant pay cut in real terms.
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