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Check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at 18 UK airports plan 48-hour strike from 23 December in a pay row, the Unite Union says. Check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at UK airports plan a 48-hour strike from 23 December, the Unite Union says.
Workers at Swissport, the world's largest ground and cargo handler, are taking the action following a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. The union said more than 1,500 workers at Swissport, the world's largest ground and cargo handler, would walk out following a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
Unite called on management to take part in "constructive talks".Unite called on management to take part in "constructive talks".
It said the action, which will hit Christmas travel, was "a last resort".It said the action, which will hit Christmas travel, was "a last resort".
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Swissport is one of several companies providing ground-staff services across the UK.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. According to Unite, members voted by 62.5% to reject a 4.65% three-year pay deal for 2015-2017, which the union argues "barely" keeps pace with inflation.
It said workers were also angry that "detrimental" changes to terms and conditions had been linked to the pay deal.
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These included freezing overtime payments for the foreseeable future and restructuring pay.
Unite's national officer for civil air transport, Oliver Richardson, said: "Our members are only taking this industrial action as a last resort in a bid to reach a fair settlement - our members have not had a pay rise since 2014.
"When you break down the headline figures - 1% in 2015, 1.25% in 2016 and 2.4% in 2017 - they are barely keeping up with inflation."
Unite called for talks with the conciliation service Acas to resolve the dispute.
According to its website, Swissport is the world's largest provider of ground and cargo handling services in the aviation industry.
It caters for around 230 million passengers and 3.9 million flights per year.