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Unite welcomed a decision to fine British Airways £3.2m over health and safety failings on Friday (16 May). Two baggage handlers, both Unite members, were hurt in ‘near-identical’ incidents at Heathrow Airport while using machines used to load luggage into planes. The machines, called televators, had not been fitted with adequate protection such as guardrails […]
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Over the next five years Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is expected to make dividend payments worth £1.5 billion to its shareholders. The prediction on HAL’s bumper dividends is made by the Civil Aviation Authority in a highly authoritative report into the airport’s finances. The revelations about the forthcoming dividend bonanza coincides with the latest strike […]
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Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) is set for a shock exodus of security officers, according to a confidential survey of Unite members at the airport. The survey of over 750 security officers revealed that one in three are planning to leave their jobs within the next six months, while almost half of respondents are unsure whether […]
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Workers employed by Aviation Fuel Services (AFS), which is responsible for refuelling half of the non-British Airways traffic at Heathrow airport, secured a ‘fantastic’ pay deal. They refuel for various airlines including Virgin Atlantic, United, Singapore, KLM, American, Emirates, Air France and Delta. The 12.5 per cent increase means that the workers’ basic annual salary […]
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Strike action due to begin tomorrow (February 11) at Heathrow Airport, involving 400 workers employed by Menzies Aviation, has been called after the workers received a substantial pay offer. The…Read more…
Heathrow Unite members took another day of strike action today (February 5) in addition to the four days of strike action they took in December. More strikes are planned for February 9, 13, 16 and…Read more…
This is off message and a very late post. Gill and I have been walking (very slowly and in fits and starts) around our capital city via the London Loop long distance path. It is circular route, 150 miles long, made up of 15 different sections. We start…Read more…
Off message. I am trying to catch up on my walking posts. Following the May 5 election I went on a walking weekend with Gill to get away from politics and enjoy my “hinterland”. We have been trying to complete the London Loop since las…Read more…