Basic pay uplifted by five per cent for over 140 workers
 
Unite has secured a pay deal for over 140 cleaners and workers who assist passengers with restricted mobility based at Glasgow Airport, Scotland’s leading aviation trade union has confirmed.
 Around 60 cleaners employed by ABM will receive a basic pay increase of five per cent which will see the hourly rate rise to £12.70 effective from April.
Night shift pay will also rise by the same percentage to £13.50 an hour with double time being secured on Christmas or New Year’s Day. In total Unite has delivered an increase in basic pay by 15.5 per cent in two years for the ABM cleaners.
 
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite has secured more pay wins for our members at Glasgow Airport. Our members at ABM and OCS have secured a succession of inflation beating pay increases. Unite does what it says on the tin, we deliver higher pay and better conditions.”
 
Meanwhile, around 80 workers employed by the OCS Group similarly accepted a five per cent increase on basic pay. The wage win lifts the basic hourly rate to £12.81 and night shift workers to £14.29 which is also effective from April.
OCS Group workers aid passengers with reduced mobility. This includes assisting passengers with wheelchairs and ambilift vehicles for travellers at the airport.  
Pat McIlvogue, Unite regional industrial officer, added: “The wage wins for ABM and OCS workers at Glasgow Airport will deliver improvements across the board for our members. We have worked hard to deliver significant boosts to the pay packets of workers and these wins represent further progress for Unite."
 
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Notes to Editor
 
Unite has clocked up a string of recent successes as part of its ‘Runway To Success’ campaign which is designed to establish standards beyond the legal minimums across Scottish airports.
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Unite Scotland is the country’s biggest and most diverse trade union with around 150,000 members. The union is led in Scotland by Derek Thomson.