Around 450 workers are due to strike at Gatwick Airport from Friday 28 July to Tuesday, August 1, with a further four days from Friday, August 4 to Tuesday, August 8.
Unite regional officer Dominic Rothwell added: ‘Strike action will inevitably cause severe delays, disruption and cancellations across Gatwick’s operations but this dispute is entirely of the companies own making.
‘They have had every opportunity to make our members’ a fair pay offer but have chosen not to do so.’ The exact impact which the strikes will have, and whether they will affect flights from Greece in particular, is not yet clear.Why are Gatwick staff striking?Unite says: ‘While the workers are on varying rates of pay, the majority are paid on average under £12 an hour, despite undertaking highly demanding and safety critical roles.
‘During the pandemic, many companies at Gatwick Airport made large-scale redundancies and cut the pay and conditions of their remaining staff. ‘Unite has been in negotiations with the companies since January but they all have failed to make offers that meets the workers’ expectations.’
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