Baggage handlers strike

[chrisj]

looks like its going to happen at 17 airports

No actual details yet but they have voted to strike

[AndyC]

Thanks for the warning Chris....this is one thing we could do without at the moment although I'm sure their cause is justified......

[stabard]

Oh Cripes

[chrisj]

No date yet set, but looks as though they are going to hit the summer Holiday, this is some
of the news about it

Baggage handlers at 17 airports including Heathrow and Gatwick have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, threatening chaos to summer flights.
The union said fresh talks would be held with Aviance management on Wednesday to try to avert stoppages.

It said members had voted for full industrial action but no dates had yet been set for strikes.
But any action which did take place would affect most major airports and airlines.


Aviance, which is owned by the Go-Ahead group, employs more than 2,300 workers at Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Stansted, Southampton and Teesside airports

[Ray&Sarah]

Hope they sort this out quickly. [msnsad]

[stabard]

Hope so too. We are heading out on the 24th (first Saturday of the school hols) and I just know it is gonna be then. [V]

I will keep my fingers crossed that they sort this out quick[msneek]

[hadrian]

We're flying from Manchester on July 30th, I really do hope this gets sorted out quckly. Delays coming home I can live with, but delays on the way out eat into valuable holiday time and are aweful.[V]

Hadrian

[trevlad]

keep us posted chris[8D][msnsad]

trev

[chrisj]

Jan and lee are you flying from Gatwick, we are on the 24th

[langley]

Hi Everyone

Don't know how true this is but I thought they said on the news that Aviance don't serve British Airways or Virgin. (I may be wrong)

So I hope this won't affect to many people.