Heathrow Ground Handlers Receive Raise, Strike Threat Lifted

Industrial action was avoided after negotiations concluded with an agreement to award workers a 9.1% wage increase.
June 6, 2019

A summer strike threat at Heathrow has been lifted after hundreds of baggage handlers and check-in staff won a new pay deal.

The workers employed by GH London – formally Azzurra – secured a 9.1% pay rise after they backed strike action in a dispute over low wages, according to the Unite union.

Read more: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/333810/heathrow-summer-strike-threat-lifted

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