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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Sweney and Joanna Partridge

Hundreds of Heathrow staff to strike in run-up to Fifa World Cup

Model of Fifa World Cup logo
Football’s World Cup begins in Qatar on 20 November. Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty

Hundreds of Heathrow airport workers will go on strike for three days later this month, potentially disrupting travel plans for football fans planning to fly to the World Cup in Qatar.

The Unite union said 700 workers involved in ground handling, airside transport and cargo at Europe’s busiest airport were to go on strike from the early hours of 18 November to the early hours of 21 November over pay demands.

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