Unite the union has announced that over 400 members based at Glasgow Airport are set to be balloted on strike action.
Union members employed by five companies - Glasgow Airport, ICTS Central Search, OCS, ABM and Falck Fire Services UK - undertake various roles, including cleaning, security, fire safety, airfield operations and engineering.
Around 200 ICTS Central Search members have rejected an improved pay offer which would increase basic pay to £12.61 by 94.4%. The workers deal with passengers directly in the security search area and process them for flights.
OCS Group workers aid passengers with reduced mobility issues including assisting with wheels chairs and ambilift vehicles for travellers at airports. More than 50 Unite members have rejected an offer by 96% which would take basic pay to £10.90 per hour.
ABM cleaners who were at the forefront of ensuring that Glasgow Airport was fully compliant with safety measures and procedures throughout the, pandemic, have rejected a pay offer by 100% which would take basic pay to £10.82 per hour.
Around 50 Falck firefighters, who perform fire safety functions at the airport, have rejected a basic 5% pay offer by 98%.
Glasgow Airport has also made no formal pay offer to around 100 Unite members for 2023, while airport management have refused to pay a bonus to a number of engineers.
Pat McIlvogue, Unite industrial officer, added: “Over 400 Unite members based at Glasgow Airport have emphatically rejected unacceptable pay offers or in the case of the airport itself our members still haven’t even had any formal pay offer.
”If these companies don’t come back with fair and decent offers then a summer of travel chaos is on the horizon.
”It will be on the heads of these companies for any disruption caused to passengers because we are giving them every opportunity to resolve this through negotiation.”
A spokesperson for AGS Airports, which owns Glasgow Airport, stated: “We are in ongoing and progressive dialogue with the trade union on pay discussions for this year.”
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