Holiday strike threat to airports

6ULDV8 · Post by **6ULDV8** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:57 am

A STRIKE is threatening the festive cheer of millions of Brits about to fly overseas for the Christmas break.

Voting closed yesterday in a ballot by 5,000 British Airports Authority workers – and the result is expected to favour industrial action.

Officials from union Unite warned strikes could begin on December 27 – and could shut Heathrow, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton airports.

Meanwhile 3,200 Virgin Atlantic crew – members of the same union as the BAA workers – voted for walkouts to protest about the same pay issue.

At least three flights a day will be cancelled on January 9, 10, 16 and 17.

A record 3.5million Brits are heading overseas this Christmas – with tomorrow set to be the busiest day for airports and train stations

Gald I'm not doing the UK thing over Xmas

Post by **faceless** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:07 am

I'm watching a news conference with the union just now and the strike seems to be very strongly supported by the workers, so more power to them. They're saying the first 24hr strike will be on the 7th of January, then on the 14th.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:23 am

Bosses talk of the "free market" determining their multi-million salaries. Good on the workers to join a trade union and apply that "free market" logic to their own pay packet.

Why is it acceptable for governments to interfere in the free market to implement trade union reform (making strikes harder), but not in the free market for top salaries ?