![]() We expect that it will take longer than usual to pass through security and we will have additional BA colleagues available to support customers.” However, in guidance issued to its customers, BA said: “Due to the industrial action being taken by Heathrow Airport staff, the number of security lanes in operation will be reduced. No other airlines have axed flights because of the strike action. ![]() It has not announced additional cancellations this time around. “We have therefore asked for the independent and specialist support of Acas to chair further talks with unions and find a resolution.” Will flights will be affected?īritish Airways, the only airline that operates out of Terminal 5, cancelled more than 300 flights in response to walkouts over Easter. Colleagues could have an inflation-matching pay increase for two years – 10 per cent this year and a CPI-linked increase in 2024, as well as a £1,150 lump sum but instead they’re left empty-handed by Unite’s refusal to allow members to vote on the offer. They added: “The majority of colleagues do not support strike action. Sadly, they refused to grasp the opportunity to make an offer which could meet members’ expectations.”Ī spokesperson for Heathrow Airport said most staff are not in favour of strike action and accused Unite of causing employees to miss out on an inflation-matching pay rise. ![]() The union’s 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. The strike is going ahead after last minute talks at the conciliation service Acas broke down. Unite has rejected a 10 per cent pay increase, although Heathrow bosses claim the union failed to put the offer to members. Unite says that since 2017, the average pay for Heathrow employees has fallen by 24 per cent in real terms and that security officers at Heathrow are being paid £6,000 per year less than their counterparts at other London airports. Around 1,400 Heathrow Airport security staff who are members of Unite based at Terminal 5 and in campus security will walk out on between Thursday 4 and Saturday 6 May, Tuesday 9 to Wednesday 10 May and Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 May. ![]()
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