Menzies Aviation and ICTS workers secure enhanced offers after strike threat

Nearly 400 workers employed by ICTS and Menzies Aviation and members of Unite, have backed pay offers at Glasgow airport lifting the threat of imminent strike action.

Around 230 ICTS workers at Glasgow airport who deal with passengers directly in the security search areas and process them for flights have backed a two year pay deal.

A five per cent increase in basic pay and shift allowances will be backdated to 1 January with a one-off bank holiday included in this year's deal. In 2027, the workers will receive the RPI inflation rate plus one per cent in basic and shift pay alongside a boost to terms and conditions from 1st January.

In another positive resolution to a pay dispute around 160 ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation at Glasgow will recieve a 4.4 per cent increase backdated to January, and then from 1 July a minimum pay increase of five per cent rising to 11.1 per cent for some workers. The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers. 

The Menzies Aviation and ICTS workers previously backed industrial action after the rejection of unacceptable pay offers. 

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Hundreds of frontline workers at Glasgow airport have secured vastly improved pay deals. This is a direct result of the workers refusing to accept their employers’ pitiful pay offers and to fight for better pay which they successfully secured after the threat of strike action.”

Carrie Donoghue, Unite industrial officer, said: “Unite is pleased to have delivered two pay deals covering Menzies Aviation and ICTS workers based at Glasgow airport. The resolution of these disputes removes the threat of strike action at Glasgow airport and ensures that no disruption happens during the extremely busy summer period.”

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Notes to Editors:  For media enquiries please contact Andrew Brady on 07810157922.Email andrew.brady@unitetheunion.orgUnite Scotland is the country’s biggest and most diverse trade union with around 150,000 members.