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EasyJet staff at Luton Airport to strike over Christmas
Around 200 DHL workers outsourced to easyJet rejected a 4.5% pay rise, citing cost-of-living pressures and a pay gap with Gatwick colleagues, threatening 410 flight disruptions.
- From 03:00 on Friday 19 December around 200 DHL-employed check-in and baggage handling staff outsourced to easyJet will strike at London Luton Airport until 03:00 Monday 22 December, then again from Boxing Day to Monday 29 December.
- Unite members reject DHL's 4.5% pay rise, citing a pay gap with Gatwick staff and rising bills, despite DHL Group's 5.7% profit increase to £1.4bn.
- Over the six days, an estimated 410 flights are expected to be disrupted, severely impacting London Luton Airport operations with delays and some cancellations, so passengers flying from Luton should check flight status.
- Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said DHL and easyJet 'can comfortably afford to offer these workers an above-inflation pay rise' and urged them to return with a fair offer to avoid strikes.
- Passengers flying from London Luton Airport, a major easyJet hub that carried 16.2 million passengers in 2023 including 1.2 million in December, are advised to check flight status as the Civil Aviation Authority expects the busiest Christmas in UK aviation history with potential delays.
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Christmas strikes set to disrupt easyJet’s Luton schedule
EasyJet passengers flying from London Luton Airport this Christmas face severe disruption after check-in and baggage handling staff, outsourced by DHL, overwhelmingly voted to strike. Around 200 members of the Unite union will walk out across two separate periods in the holiday season, rejecting what they call a “shameful” 4.5% pay increase offer from DHL. The staff, who handle operations for easyJet on routes to countries including Spain, Germa…
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