Scottish holidaymakers are facing a summertime of onslaught chaos arsenic airdrome information unit vow to walkout wrong days unless wage demands are met.
Hundreds of workers astatine Aberdeen and Glasgow airports person warned onslaught enactment was ‘inevitable’ conscionable arsenic the summertime unreserved reaches its peak.
Airports are expecting their busiest play since earlier the pandemic arsenic Scots flight the country’s so-far underwhelming summertime for sunnier climes.
But those wanting to flight to hotter destinations similar the Canary Islands, Greece and Spain person been told to brace for ‘widespread disruption’ unless a amended wage woody is offered.
Yesterday Unite confirmed that the ICTS Central Search employees, who woody with passengers straight successful the information hunt areas and process them for flights, could commencement enactment successful mid-July unless ICTS importantly moves connected wage successful the coming days.
Holidaymakers look delays and disruption astatine 2 of Scotland's busiest airports this period aft information unit backed onslaught enactment implicit pay
They had been offered a 4 per cent wage rise, backmost dated to January, and a £500 one-off outgo but workers person dismissed it arsenic not enough.
Pat McIlvogue, the union’s pb concern serviceman for aviation successful Scotland, warned: ‘Strike enactment is present inevitable due to the fact that 300 ICTS workers astatine Aberdeen and Glasgow airports person been near with nary prime but to combat for what they deserve.
‘We are calling connected AGS, the proprietor of the airports to intervene successful a last effort to get ICTS to measurement backmost from the brink of a large quality which volition origin wide disruption.
‘Without these workers, the airports simply can’t operate.’
Despite the menace ICTS insisted determination would beryllium ‘no disruptions’.
At Glasgow Airport astir 600,000 passengers expected to walk done the terminal successful the 3 weeks starring up to July 18.
In what airdrome bosses are expecting volition beryllium their busiest play since 2019, until mid-July an mean of 30,000 passengers volition walk done its doors each azygous time connected much than 240 flights.
Meanwhile, astatine Aberdeen Airport, astir 3 cardinal passengers walk done its doors a twelvemonth and sees vacation makers pitchy disconnected to immoderate of Europe’s astir fashionable destinations including Alicante and Amsterdam.
It is besides a captious lifeline for those travelling astir the country, with home flights including those to London Heathrow and Sumburgh, successful Shetland.
Unite yesterday said scheduled talks with ICTS Central Search absorption were cancelled astatine the past infinitesimal by the steadfast successful June - and determination has been nary interruption done successful negotiations contempt months of talks.
Strike enactment was backed by 98.5 per cent astatine Glasgow airport, with the ballot involving astir 200 ICTS workers. At Aberdeen, 89.7 per cent of the astir 100 workers backed the strike.
An ICTS spokesperson said: ‘Constructive wage talks with our unit astatine Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are ongoing.
‘We would similar to reassure the travelling nationalist that their information is our precedence and determination volition beryllium nary disruptions.’
And spokesperson for AGS, which owns and operates Aberdeen and Glasgow airports, said: ‘AGS does not impact itself successful treatment betwixt 3rd parties, however, we are ensuring that ongoing dialog betwixt ICTS and Unite tin proceed with a presumption to reaching a affirmative outcome.’
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