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Gatwick special assistant service staff balloted over pre-Christmas strike action

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James Chapple
10 October 2018

Hundreds of Gatwick airport workers could walk out in a dispute over “massive” pay inequality.

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More than 250 Wilson James employees at the airport will be balloted on potential strike action.


The Unite union will ballot Wilson James members at Gatwick between October 15 and October 29.


Wilson James became Gatwick’s preferred Special Assistance Services supplier earlier this year.


Last month, its employees assisted more than 56,000 passengers with restricted mobility and/or hidden disabilities through the airport, according to Unite.