Stansted strikes called off
Strikes due to take place at Stansted airport over the bank holiday weekend have been called off.
Baggage handlers and check-in staff had threatened to walk out over a pay dispute with ground handling company Swissport.
But after three days of talks, the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G) and GMB said they had agreed to a 12% pay rise over two years.
The unions have suspended strikes pending a ballot of members.
Charter airlines, Ryanair and easyJet would have been affected by the two 15-hour strikes.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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