Glasgow Airport workers agree new pay deals to prevent summer disruption

The threat of imminent strike action this summer at Glasgow Airport has been lifted after almost 400 workers agreed to new pay offers.

Around 230 staff employed by ICTS who deal with passengers directly in the security search areas and process them for flights have backed a two-year 5% pay rise backdated to January 1.

A dispute involving a further 160 ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation was resolved with thew offer of a 4.4% increase backdated to January, and then a minimum pay increase of 5% rising to 11.1% for some workers from July. The one-year agreement deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents and controllers. 

The Menzies Aviation and ICTS workers previously backed industrial action after the rejection of “unacceptable” pay offers, according to the Unite union.

The disclosure came just days after two out of three sets of employees at Aberdeen Airport accepting new pay terms following separate strike threats.

The union’s industrial officer Carrie Donoghue said: “Unite is pleased to have delivered two pay deals covering Menzies Aviation and ICTS workers based at Glasgow Airport.

“The resolution of these disputes removes the threat of strike action at Glasgow Airport and ensures that no disruption happens during the extremely busy summer period.”

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Hundreds of frontline workers at Glasgow Airport have secured vastly improved pay deals. This is a direct result of the workers refusing to accept their employers’ pitiful pay offers and to fight for better pay which they successfully secured after the threat of strike action.”