Heathrow security guards to strike for 10 days over Easter
1 year, 9 months ago

Heathrow security guards to strike for 10 days over Easter

Associated Press  

LONDON — Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport will walk off their jobs for 10 days over the Easter break, the latest in a wave of strike action to affect the U.K. The union Unite said Friday more than 1,400 security guards employed by Heathrow Airport, one of Europe’s busiest, will strike from March 31 to Easter Sunday, April 9, to demand better pay. “Workers at Heathrow Airport are on poverty wages while the chief executive and senior managers enjoy huge salaries,” Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said. On Saturday, thousands of rail workers staged another round of strikes that paralyzed about half of all train services across the U.K. Britons have endured many days of train stoppages since last summer as the transport unions’ bitter dispute with the government drags on.

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Border Force staff at Heathrow to strike over shift patterns
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Border Force staff at Heathrow to strike over shift patterns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 600 Border Force …

Inside the revolution at ‘incompetent’ Heathrow
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the revolution at ‘incompetent’ Heathrow

The Telegraph  

‘Cash cow’ Critics accuse successive governments of wrongly allowing this country’s biggest airport to become a cash cow to be milked by overseas shareholders at the expense of much-needed investment. More hopeful players believe the arrival of new shareholders led by Saudi Arabia’s ambitious ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, together with the appointment of Woldbye, could herald a renaissance …

Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport to escalate strikes over pay into busy summer months
1 year, 6 months ago

Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport to escalate strikes over pay into busy summer months

Associated Press  

LONDON — Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest, will escalate their strike action over pay into the busy summer months, the U.K.'s largest trade union said Wednesday. “Unite is putting Heathrow on notice that strike action at the airport will continue until it makes a fair pay offer to its workers,” Unite general-secretary Sharon Graham said. Unite said …

Your London travel plans may be hit at Heathrow airport. Here's how
1 year, 6 months ago

Your London travel plans may be hit at Heathrow airport. Here's how

Hindustan Times  

Security staff at London's Heathrow Airport have announced a 31-day strike over the weekends from June 24 to August 31, affecting travellers at UK's busiest airport. The Unite union described the step as a “major escalation” as more than 2,000 security officers are expected to show unity over a pay dispute with the airport. The strike by the airport's security …

Travelling to London? Heathrow airport staff is launching strikes. Details here
1 year, 6 months ago

Travelling to London? Heathrow airport staff is launching strikes. Details here

Live Mint  

The security staff at Heathrow Airport in London has decided to stage a strike for over 31 days from June to August. Heathrow Airport has seen similar strikes previously and the disruption to passengers was not significant, but this strike is likely to affect every weekend of the summer. While the recent strikes at the airport have not caused substantial …

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day
1 year, 9 months ago

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day

Live Mint  

About half a million British workers are striking on Wednesday as unions stage a mass walkout timed to disrupt Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s annual budget. “When the Chancellor leaves Downing Street to go to Parliament to deliver the budget, he will see picket lines outside the Cabinet Office and various government departments that are on strike,” said Mark …

Heathrow ‘back to its best’ says boss – but strike threat looms over Easter travel
1 year, 10 months ago

Heathrow ‘back to its best’ says boss – but strike threat looms over Easter travel

The Independent  

Heathrow Airport has celebrated its busiest January since before the pandemic – but the revival in passenger numbers comes as Britain’s key hub faces the threat of Easter strike action. Outgoing chief executive John Holland-Kaye declared the UK’s busiest airport was “back to its best” as the post-Covid recovery finally picks up pace. Mr Holland-Kaye said: “Heathrow is back to …

British workers stage largest strike in history of health service
1 year, 10 months ago

British workers stage largest strike in history of health service

Deccan Chronicle  

LONDON: Health workers in Britain began their largest strike on Monday, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on the state-run National Health Service. Nurses and ambulance workers have been striking separately on and off since late last year but Monday's walkout involving both, largely in England, is …

Day of disruption in U.K. as hundreds of thousands join strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in U.K. as hundreds of thousands join strike

The Hindu  

Thousands of schools in the U.K. closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports on the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade, as unions stepped up pressure on the government Wednesday to provide better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Union bosses argue that despite …

Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of schools in the U.K. closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports on the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade, as unions stepped up pressure on the government Wednesday to provide better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Union bosses argue …

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike

LA Times  

Teachers march in protest in London, joining hundreds of thousands of workers who went on strike Wednesday. Thousands of schools closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports Wednesday in what was shaping up to be Britain’s biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade, as unions stepped up …

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts
1 year, 11 months ago

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government on Thursday dangled the prospect of public-sector pay hikes next year in an attempt to end strikes by nurses and ambulance staff that have piled pressure on an already overburdened health system. The government invited union leaders for talks on 2023-24 pay rates and promised a “cooperative spirit” – while also saying it will introduce …

UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes
1 year, 11 months ago

UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Commuters returning to work on Tuesday after the Christmas break were advised not to travel as tens of thousands of British rail workers stage a fresh round of strikes that will disrupt services all week. Transport Secretary Mark Harper urged union leaders to come to the negotiating table and said the government has offered a “very fair pay …

British border-control agents go on strike at airports, raising fears of travel delays
2 years ago

British border-control agents go on strike at airports, raising fears of travel delays

LA Times  

Travelers at Heathrow Airport in London, one of several British airports where border control agents went on strike Friday. Air travelers faced possible delays at British airports Friday as government employees who check passports went on strike — the latest in a spate of walkouts over pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Hundreds of thousands of passengers could be affected, though …

UK sending 1,200 troops to fill in as ambulance crews strike
2 years ago

UK sending 1,200 troops to fill in as ambulance crews strike

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government said Sunday it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas. In the tabloid Sun on Sunday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak branded union chiefs “Grinches that want to steal Christmas for their own political ends.” …

Heathrow flight delays warned as workers confirm strike action
2 years ago

Heathrow flight delays warned as workers confirm strike action

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Similar strike action took place at the London airport last month, which Unite said …

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave
2 years ago

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Wednesday threatened “tough” action to curb strikes, as airport passport officers became the latest public sector workers to announce December walkouts. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he was considering more “tough new laws.” “If the union leaders continue to be unreasonable, then it is my duty to take action to protect the …

Heathrow Airport: Passengers face festive chaos as baggage handlers vote to strike on December 16
2 years ago

Heathrow Airport: Passengers face festive chaos as baggage handlers vote to strike on December 16

Daily Mail  

Passengers at Heathrow Airport will face festive chaos after baggage handlers voted to strike on the second last Friday before Christmas. Passengers at Heathrow Airport will face festive chaos after baggage handlers voted to strike on the second last Friday before Christmas There will be around 350 members of Unite who work for Menzies that will walk out from 4am …

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