Holidaymakers are being warned of potential summer holiday chaos as workers at Edinburgh Airport are being balloted to strike. Unite Scotland says around 275 members are considering industrial action in the coming months amid a pay row with bosses.
An offer of an 11 percent wage rise with a £1000 cost of living payment was previously rejected by the membership, the Record has been told. Many of the workers involved in the dispute deal with airport security, terminal operations, screening deliveries as well as airside support.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has warned of travel disruption if airport chiefs at Global Infrastructure Partners don’t come up with a better offer. She said: “Unite’s members at Edinburgh Airport made huge sacrifices during the Covid pandemic. They agreed to reductions in pay and conditions.
