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Hundreds of staff at Scottish airports balloted for industrial action

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Hundreds of staff at Scottish airports balloted for industrial action

Airport workers are to be balloted for industrial action ahead of the summer holidays after union members rejected a “miserable” pay offer.

Unite said around 300 ICTS Central Search members based at Aberdeen and Glasgow airports have rejected a basic pay increase of 4% backdated to January, and a £500 one-off payment.




The union said it now has “no option” but to move towards initiating industrial action ballots ahead of the summer holiday rush.

Unite said ICTS Central Search employs around 220 workers at Glasgow and 100 at Aberdeen, who deal with passengers directly in the security search areas and process them for flights.

It said the workers also cover mobile patrols, control access posts, screen all deliveries and deal with emergency services.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Workers at Aberdeen and Glasgow airports have emphatically rejected ICTS’s miserable pay offer.

“The company is extremely profitable and it can easily afford to make a far better offer to our members.

“Unite will fully back our ICTS Central Search members in their fight for better jobs, pay and conditions.”

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