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Airport strike over job loss row Airport strike over job loss row
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About 150 staff, including baggage handlers, have walked out on strike at Liverpool John Lennon airport in a row over 23 job losses. About 150 staff, including baggage handlers, have walked out on strike at Liverpool John Lennon airport (JLA) in a row over 23 job losses.
Negotiations between the GMB union and employers Servisair failed to break the deadlock on Wednesday evening.Negotiations between the GMB union and employers Servisair failed to break the deadlock on Wednesday evening.
The union has been seeking assurances that no worker would face compulsory redundancy under the company's cost-cutting plans.The union has been seeking assurances that no worker would face compulsory redundancy under the company's cost-cutting plans.
The airport said it had been assured that it would be "business as usual".The airport said it had been assured that it would be "business as usual".
Contingency plans were in place to make sure passengers were not inconvenienced, an airport spokesman said. Half of the daily number of airport passengers travel with airlines, including Easyjet, who use alternative handling agents to Servisair and who are not involved in this dispute.
Andy Gower, airport director at JLA, said he was "disappointed that this planned industrial action appears to be going ahead" but said he believed passengers whose airline used Servisair would be able to get away on their flights without any problems.
Servisair workers at the airport serve travellers going abroad on flights with Ryanair, KLM, Wizzair, Flybe and Thomson.Servisair workers at the airport serve travellers going abroad on flights with Ryanair, KLM, Wizzair, Flybe and Thomson.