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Birmingham airport strike threat over pay

12th June 2009 Check-in staff and baggage handlers at Birmingham airport could hold disruptive summer strikes after bosses said they "did not have the money" for pay rises that were agreed last year.

The two-year pay deal was agreed last year and salaries should have increased from April 1.

The same deal was agreed with members across the country, who also work at the UK’s busiest airports, including London Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted, as well as Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle.

The Unite union confirmed that Swissport had told them it does not have the money.

Full story: Birmingham Post

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