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Summer Travel Chaos at Glasgow Airport Avoided After Workers Accept New Pay Deal
Nearly 400 workers at Glasgow Airport accepted improved offers that include pay rises and backdated payments, removing the threat of summer disruption.
- Glasgow Airport workers have accepted new pay deals, officially averting the threat of industrial action this summer; nearly 400 employees represented by Unite secured the enhanced offers.
- Staff at Menzies Aviation and ICTS had previously backed strike plans after rejecting what they described as "unacceptable" offers; the planned walkout threatened to disrupt the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which expects hundreds of thousands of visitors.
- Around 230 ICTS security workers secured a two-year deal with a 5% pay increase backdated to January 1; separately, 160 Menzies Aviation crew members accepted a one-year agreement with increases reaching 11.1% for some staff.
- Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said the resolution resulted from workers refusing to accept "pitiful pay offers," ensuring no disruption occurs during the peak summer travel period.
- This resolution follows similar successful negotiations at Aberdeen Airport, where Unite averted potential strike action last week; meanwhile, approximately 370 workers at Edinburgh Airport backed industrial action last month over pay disputes.
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Airport strike action in summer holidays averted as pay deals struck
Unite the union had warned there could be strike action during the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
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