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| Heathrow security to strike for 10 days including Easter | Heathrow security to strike for 10 days including Easter |
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| Security guards at Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five are to strike for 10 days from 31 March in a dispute over pay. | Security guards at Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five are to strike for 10 days from 31 March in a dispute over pay. |
| The Unite union says more than 1,400 of its members employed by Heathrow will walk out in a period which covers the school Easter holidays. | The Unite union says more than 1,400 of its members employed by Heathrow will walk out in a period which covers the school Easter holidays. |
| Workers at T5, which used by British Airways, and those who check cargo entering the airport, will take part in the action, ending on Easter Sunday. | Workers at T5, which used by British Airways, and those who check cargo entering the airport, will take part in the action, ending on Easter Sunday. |
| Heathrow says contingency plans will be put in place to keep the airport open. | Heathrow says contingency plans will be put in place to keep the airport open. |
| In a statement, Heathrow said passengers can be assured the airport will be "open and operational despite unnecessary threats of strike action by Unite". | In a statement, Heathrow said passengers can be assured the airport will be "open and operational despite unnecessary threats of strike action by Unite". |
| Strike action: What do rail workers, nurses and others want? | Strike action: What do rail workers, nurses and others want? |
| The company said it had proposed "an inflation-beating 10% increase in pay". | The company said it had proposed "an inflation-beating 10% increase in pay". |
| But Unite says the offer does not make up for years of pay freezes and cuts. | But Unite says the offer does not make up for years of pay freezes and cuts. |
| Unite union secretary general Sharon Graham says workers at Heathrow Airport are on "poverty wages" while "the chief executive and senior managers enjoy huge salaries". | Unite union secretary general Sharon Graham says workers at Heathrow Airport are on "poverty wages" while "the chief executive and senior managers enjoy huge salaries". |
| She said Unite members are "simply unable to make ends meet due to the low wages" and they are striking "due to need not greed". | She said Unite members are "simply unable to make ends meet due to the low wages" and they are striking "due to need not greed". |
| "It is the airport's workers who are fundamental to its success and they deserve a fair pay increase," the Unite boss said. | "It is the airport's workers who are fundamental to its success and they deserve a fair pay increase," the Unite boss said. |
| Heathrow will likely need to move resources from other areas of the airport to Terminal 5 when the strike takes place. | |
| The airport says the wage proposal on offer is fair, and "threatening to ruin people's hard-earned holidays with strike action will not improve the deal". | |
| It said staff at Heathrow are paid at least the London Living Wage, while the starting salary for a security officer would be £27,754, plus shift pay and allowances, if its 10% offer is accepted. | It said staff at Heathrow are paid at least the London Living Wage, while the starting salary for a security officer would be £27,754, plus shift pay and allowances, if its 10% offer is accepted. |
| It comes as more than 1,000 Passport Office workers announced they would go on strike for five weeks from 3 April to 5 May over a dispute about jobs, pay and conditions. | It comes as more than 1,000 Passport Office workers announced they would go on strike for five weeks from 3 April to 5 May over a dispute about jobs, pay and conditions. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| London Heathrow Airport | London Heathrow Airport |
| Air travel | Air travel |
| Unite | Unite |
| Strike action | Strike action |