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UK airports face Christmas disruption as border staff to strike

2022 12 07T164031Z 2 LYNXMPEIB60TP RTROPTP 4 HEALTH CORONAVIRUS BRITAIN - Global Banking | Finance

LONDON (Reuters) -Border Force workers at several major British airports including the country’s busiest, Heathrow, will go on strike for eight days this month in a dispute over pay, threatening disruption to Christmas travel.

The PCS trade union said staff employed by Britain’s interior ministry in passport booths would take action at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports and a handful of regional ones, plus the Port of Newhaven.

The union’s General Secretary Mark Serwotka said around 2,000-3,000 staff would be involved in the walkouts on ever day but one between Dec 23-31.

Asked why the union had picked the Christmas period, Serwotka said: “Those people will lose pay when they go on strike, they do it as a last resort and the job of the union is to ensure that the action that we call is noticed.”

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the decision was “unjustifiable” and would ruin the plans of thousands of families and businesses.

“While we are working closely with all UK ports and airports and have robust plans in place to minimise any delays if strike action goes ahead, passengers should be prepared for their plans to be severely disrupted,” he said in a statement.

Aviation analytics firm Cirium estimated more than 10,000 flights, potentially carrying more than 2 million people, were due to arrive at the affected airports between Dec. 23 and 31.

Travellers in Britain already face major rail disruption over the Christmas period, with more than 40,000 railway workers due to walk out on Dec. 13-14, 16-17, 24-27, Jan. 3-4 and 6-7.

A Heathrow spokesperson said the airport was working with airlines and Border Force on plans to mitigate disruption.

Gatwick said it expected flights to operate as normal and it would also make extra airport staff available to help passengers on strike days.

(Reporting by Farouq Suleiman, Sarah Young and Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Kate Holton, William Maclean and John Stonestreet)

 

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