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Swissport workers accept pay deal

The GMB union reports that Swissport workers have voted to accept a 10% pay rise, the highest in the airport cargo and baggage handler’s history. The deal removes the threat of industrial action that has hit major gateways including Heathrow over the past few months. [+]

Union slams ‘unnecessary’ Swissport layoffs

The GMB trade union has accused airport handling company Swissport of pressing ahead with mass redundancies from 31 October and ignoring calls to furlough them instead. It says that the redundancies were announced before the Government’s belated extension to the furlough scheme and were based on flight scheduling predictions before hopes of a successful vaccine were ... [+]

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