Glasgow airport strikes averted as improved pay deal agreed

Strikes planned at Glasgow airport this summer have been averted after workers accepted an improved pay offer.

 

About 100 staff members including airport ambassadors, airside support officers, engineers and managers were due to walk out because of a pay dispute.

 

But on August 1, a day after planned strikes at Edinburgh airport were dropped, the action was called off after Unite members backed an increased pay offer made by the airport’s new owners. 

 

The two-year pay deal includes a basic 4% rise alongside a one-off £500 payment.

 

Airside support unit operatives will gain an additional uplift, increasing their pay packets by up to 11.6%.

 

Unite said the deal represents "substantial progress" from the original pay offer of 2.7% made by Glasgow Airport Limited.

 

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite has successfully delivered better jobs, pay and conditions for Glasgow airport workers.

 

“Our union has through the brave stance of workers willing to take strike action if necessary, secured good pay deals across the aviation industry for hundreds upon hundreds of workers.”

 

Unite industrial officer Pat McIlvogue added: “The pay deal overwhelmingly backed by our members working for Glasgow airport’s new owners represents huge progress from where pay negotiations began.

 

“It will put more money directly into pockets. It’s an inflation proof deal over two years which means our members are getting more take-home pay. 

 

“Overall Glasgow airport is a major success story for Unite in terms of delivering and winning for workers.”