Strike date confirmed
11.08.09
Baggage handlers at Liverpool Airport have voted to go on strike, the GMB union has confirmed. It says ServisAir intends to force 51 staff to reapply for 27 jobs. About 150 ServisAir staff are to stage the continuous strike from August 20, affecting flights by Ryanair, KLM, Wizzair, Flybe and Thomson. A spokesman for ServisAir said the company was ‘disappointed’, but it would ensure there was minimum disruption for passengers.
Senior union organiser Terry Mellor said: ‘Our members are angry and have voted overwhelmingly to take action to get these compulsory redundancies withdrawn. It will involve all GMB members employed as baggage handlers and other apron staff at the airport.’
‘Our members at the airport want to avoid disrupting the travel plans of the public. We urge the airport to intervene and put pressure on ServisAir to withdraw the threat of compulsory redundancies and for them to enter into meaningful talks with GMB to avert this action.’
A spokesman for the airport advised passengers to check in as normal. She said: ‘Any action that may arise will not affect those flights for which they [ServisAir] provide handling services’.
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