Summer strike threat at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports over pay
Menzies Aviation has been approached for comment.Glasgow and Edinburgh airports said they would not comment on the dispute.
Unite said its Glasgow members had rejected a basic uplift worth about 4.25%, while Edinburgh staff had turned down a deal worth about 4%.Industrial officer Carrie Binnie said: "Summer strike action looms over Edinburgh and Glasgow airports because the pay offers on the table from Menzies Aviation aren't good enough.""Menzies Aviation has the ability to improve its offers and they can easily resolve this pay dispute without any disruption to the travelling public. "If the company fail to table a better offer to our members, Unite will have no option but to ballot our members for strikes over the summer holidays."Edinburgh had a record 15 million passengers last year, and announced a number of new routes for this year.Glasgow's figures show it had about 800,000 passengers in each of the months of June, July and August last year.
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