Airport passengers are facing the prospect of travel misery over the Christmas period after a trade union announced strike action among its UK Border Force staff.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said the action would involve workers at six airports - Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow - and also at Port of Newhaven in East Sussex.
The industrial action relates to a row over pay and conditions and is scheduled to take place over eight days, from December 23 to 26 and December 28 to 31, with about 1,000 staff expected to go on strike.
