14 days of strike action as ICTS pay dispute escalates 

 
Unite members employed by ICTS as security staff at Aberdeen airport will strike in an escalating pay dispute.
 
Fourteen days of strike action are scheduled in July and August after Unite members unanimously supported industrial action. The first day of strike action at the airport is set to take place on 6 July (see notes to editor for full strike action dates). 
 
The strike mandate followed the refusal by ICTS HBS Security to make an acceptable pay offer to the workers. Negotiations with the company have provided no breakthrough leaving the security staff with no option but to take strike action. 
 
Significant delays are expected as the Unite members make up the majority of the baggage screening team at Aberdeen airport.
 
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “ICTS is a very profitable company that can easily afford to give our members a decent pay increase. It has been caught red handed putting profits before people.”
 
The parent group ICTS (UK) Limited recorded its latest annual accounts in April, which show profits of £7.6m in 2025 up from £4.4m in the previous year. 
 
Unite has recently resolved two separate pay disputes at Aberdeen airport involving ICTS central search and Aberdeen Airport Limited workers.
  
Unite industrial officer, Paula Buchan said “ICTS would rather cause massive disruption at the airport than positively work with Unite to resolve this dispute.”
 
“Strike action will cause significant delays at Aberdeen airport. ICTS still has time to return to talks with an offer workers can accept. A failure to do so will result in significant airport disruption.” 
 
ENDS
 
Notes to Editor 
 
Full strike schedule:
 
July - 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th and 30th followed by 1st August 2026.
 
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Unite Scotland is the country’s biggest and most diverse trade union with around 150,000 members.