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Airbus UK workers to strike for 10 days over pay
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 20, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 20, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Airbus UK workers will strike for 10 days over pay disputes, potentially affecting wing production. Unite union demands better pay amid rising inflation.
LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of Airbus workers in Britain will go on strike for 10 days starting next month over a demand for better pay, threatening to disrupt production of aircraft wings, trade union Unite said on Wednesday.
Unite, which represents more than 3,000 aircraft fitters and engineers at Airbus, said 90% of members voting in a ballot had chosen industrial action, which will go ahead unless the European planemaker presented an improved pay offer.
Unite said the strikes, planned for September 2-3, 10-11 and other dates yet to be determined, from September 15, could disrupt wing production for Airbus's commercial and military aircraft programmes and delay deliveries.
However, Airbus said: "We are not currently concerned about the impact on year end deliveries."
The planemaker also said it had made a "competitive and fair" pay offer in 2025 following previous pay increases totalling more than 20% in the last three years, in addition to a 2,644 pounds ($3,569) bonus payment in April.
"Our priority remains to find a resolution together with the trade union that ensures the long-term competitiveness and success of Airbus in the UK," Sue Partridge, Airbus UK's country manager for commercial aircraft, said in an emailed statement.
Unite said it had asked Airbus for a pay offer that reflects rising inflation and cost of living. Data published earlier on Wednesday showed British inflation had reached 3.8% in July - its highest in 18 months.
"Airbus is generating billions in profit; workers deserve a fair deal," Sharon Graham, Unite's general secretary, said. "Our members are simply seeking fairness not favours."
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(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Catarina Demony)
Airbus workers are striking over demands for better pay, with the union Unite stating that the current offer does not reflect rising inflation and the cost of living.
The strike is planned for 10 days, starting from September 2-3 and continuing on September 10-11, with additional dates yet to be determined.
Airbus has stated that they are not currently concerned about the impact on year-end deliveries, despite the potential disruption to wing production.
The union Unite reported that 90% of its members voted in favor of industrial action, which will proceed unless a satisfactory pay offer is made.
Airbus has previously implemented pay increases totaling more than 20% over the last three years, along with a recent offer of £2,644.
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