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First Heathrow summer strikes off as staff receive new pay offer

Air
Ilaria Grasso Macola
12 June 2023

The first two days of a month-long strike at Heathrow have been cancelled following a new pay offer between workers and the airport. 

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Heathrow is aiming for 11% SAF usage by 2030 (Credit: Heathrow Airport)

The union Unite announced on Monday (12 June) that 2,000 of its members working as security staff at terminals 3 and 5, as well as the airport’s security campus, will no longer walk out on 24 and 25 June after receiving an offer of an improved 11.5% pay increase. 

 

“Members will now be balloted on the latest offer and they will decide whether or not it meets their expectations,” said Wayne King, the union’s regional coordinating officer. 

 

Deemed "a great deal" by Heathrow management, the offer also includes the guarantee of an inflation-linked pay increase for 2024.