Tens of thousands of teachers, doctors, health care workers, train and bus drivers and civil servants have staged mass walkouts in recent months to demand higher wages. “Threatening to ruin people’s hard-earned holidays with strike action will not improve the deal,” the airport said in a statement. Heathrow said it has contingency plans to keep the airport open and operational. That’s still the highest in about 40 years, and a dramatic change after years of 2 per cent inflation. Inflation in the UK climbed steeply last year to 11.1 per cent in October, though it dropped to 10.1 per cent in January. “Workers at Heathrow Airport are on poverty wages while the chief executive and senior managers enjoy huge salaries,” Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said.

Heathrow has offered a 10 per cent pay increase, but the union said that wasn’t enough amid soaring inflation and following years of pay freezes. The union said workers are forced to take action because they cannot make ends meet as a cost-of-living crisis continues to affect millions of Britons. The strikes will coincide with the two-week Easter school holidays, traditionally a peak time for travel for many in Britain. Unite said those striking include guards who work at the airport’s Terminal Five, which is used exclusively by British Airways, as well as those responsible for checking all cargo that enters the airport. The union Unite said on Friday more than 1400 security guards employed by Heathrow Airport, one of Europe’s busiest, will strike from March 31 to Easter Sunday, April 9, to demand better pay. Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport will walk off their jobs for 10 days over the Easter break, the latest in a wave of strike action to affect the UK. Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald Podcast.Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills Podcast.The Resident Builder Podcast with Peter Wolfkamp.Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Podcast.Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave Podcast.Simon Barnett & James Daniels Afternoons Podcast.

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