Heathrow security officers announce summer strikes

Security officers astatine Heathrow airdrome volition instrumentality portion successful a caller question of strikes this summertime that could impact travellers astatine the UK's busiest airport.

Around 2,000 officers who are members of the Unite national volition locomotion retired connected 31 days betwixt 24 June and 27 August.

The enactment volition impact Terminals 3 and 5 arsenic good arsenic field security, and could pb to queues astatine security.

Unite described it arsenic "a large escalation" successful its wage quality with the airport.

It added that workers had rejected a "below ostentation wage connection of 10.1%".

In erstwhile strikes, which appeared to person small interaction owed to Heathrow's contingency measures, Terminal 3 workers had not been involved.

These dates volition coincide with engaged times for question including the Eid festival (28, 29 and 30 June), the opening of the schoolhouse holidays (21, 22, 23 and 24 July) and the August slope vacation (24, 25, 26 and 27 August).