Heathrow strikes end as security staff accept improved pay deal

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• Stagger Lee says:

  23 Jun23 June 15:32

  Good news.

  There is power in a Union

  • Qrfan says:

    23 Jun23 June 15:40

    Don’t let Andrew bailey see this though.

  • Rhys says:

    23 Jun23 June 15:43

    The way John Holland Kaye (Heathrow CEO) spoke about it recently, it sounded like the offer is fundamentally unchanged from when it was tabled months ago but that Unite were dragging their feet on balloting their members on it. He publicly said that he expected it to pass as soon as that happened, which it clearly has.

    Of course, as we aren’t party to the discussions, I dunno if that’s true or not!

    • Andrew says:

      23 Jun23 June 16:21

      *the disgraced John Holland Kaye

    • Novelty-Socks says:

      23 Jun23 June 19:06

      He would say that though, wouldn’t he?

    • Ken says:

      23 Jun23 June 21:29

      Well that would be a big fat lie wouldn’t it.

      The 1.5% increment from October wasn’t on the table for a start. Doesn’t sound a lot but compounds with next years increase.

      If he told me it was raining, I’d be stepping outside just to check for myself.

• David says:

  23 Jun23 June 16:22

  I’m I wrong in that they received a pay cut during covid and now essentially got what they already had, back?! Where’s the win here?

  • Chabuddy Geezy says:

    23 Jun23 June 16:28

    If they didn’t go on strike they would still have a pay cut??

  • Keely says:

    23 Jun23 June 16:49

    Actually for a significant proportion of staff, this doesn’t even reinstate their original salary.

    (JDB will be along soon to tell you I’m wrong.
    I’m not ….)

    • His Holyness says:

      23 Jun23 June 20:27

      He’s probably sloshed at Ascot today?

      • david says:

        23 Jun23 June 23:50

        😀

    • Lady London says:

      24 Jun24 June 00:48

      Although it doesn’t sound like they have got back much from what they lost since covid, the staff will however be able to take comfort from the fact that somewhere, some fatcats will get increased dividends from keeping staff wages down. And of course it’s absolutely mandatory that the profits do get paid into pensions.. and that dividends get declared and paid…although there’s no actual requirement to pay any dividend regardless of profits made by a business….but probably a contractual requirement to pay Directors’ and senior management in the business, bonuses for profit performance… So that’s all right then.

  • Lady London says:

    24 Jun24 June 00:39

    This all looks like jam tomorrow, and nothing for what they lost in covid and since.

    Even maternity and paternity pay is not much of a concession from their employer – not every employee gets pregnant. Plus again it’s not a permanent type of payment.

    Unite hasn’t done as badly as they could have but I am wondering why they stopped now when they have much more leverage in summer if they strike.

• DocMartin says:

  23 Jun23 June 16:29

  Meanwhile doctors still only offered 5%, very realistic stance from the UK Govt…..

• TimW says:

  23 Jun23 June 16:33

  Let us hope that the deal also contains a clause that they have, at least try, to break into smile and be courteous their customers, rather than generally treating them as a great inconvenience. 🤔

  • Track says:

    23 Jun23 June 20:10

    I too have the same impression.

    Particularly when T2/T3 priority lanes ‘guards’ throw a perfectly sealable plastic with liquids back at you.

    They also treat customer personal belongings with contempt.

• BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

  23 Jun23 June 16:57

  Might explain why they looked happy at T3 this morning!

  The only miserable and discourteous people I saw were some passengers!

  • Track says:

    23 Jun23 June 20:12

    It is hard to stay courteous after years of negative conditioning and contemptive treatment by security screening at Heathrow.

    • Lady London says:

      24 Jun24 June 00:52

      I suppose they could try Manchester Airport security, then ?

• sayling says:

  23 Jun23 June 18:21

  “the end of a policy under which staff would be switched between terminals with no notice”

  That seems a strange thing to include (or, effectively remove) as a condition of employment, doesn’t it? I would have assumed transport would have been provided if someone turned up for work at T3 and was told to go to T5 anyway

• His Holyness says:

  23 Jun23 June 20:26

  Are the BS lounge catering staff not unionised? They must be so poorly paid with zero benefits. I feel sorry for them, waiting hand and foot on boomer BA pax would send chills down my spine.

• Jannis says:

  23 Jun23 June 22:01

  15% increase is insane

  • Hilda M says:

    23 Jun23 June 23:46

    I guess it depends on what wage is being increased by 15% …. pre Covid level ? https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/08/heathrow-workers-voluntary-pay-cuts-airport-coronavirus

  • Ken says:

    24 Jun24 June 06:01

    Plenty of vacancies there if you fancy a job

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