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Union warns of 'continuous' summer strike action at Birmingham airport

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Will Payne
5 July 2023

Birmingham airport is at risk of facing continuous summer strike action in a dispute with workers over pay. 

Birmingham Airport Terminal Frontage

Operations at Birmingham airport were temporarily suspended

According to the Unite union, around 100 security officers and terminal technicians employed by the airport will begin strike action from 18 July.

The workers are striking, the union said, after facing two years of "substantial" pay cuts, with three quarters of the striking workers being security officers working for £11.50 an hour.

The workers said without a significant pay rise, recruitment and retention issues at the airport will worsen.