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2 December 2020
Heathrow workers strike against 'fire and rehire' plans
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25 November 2020
Heathrow workers to strike against 'fire and rehire' plans
Workers at Heathrow Airport are to take strike action for four days in December against the bosses' "fire and rehire" plans, cutting pay in the process.
22 July 2020
Luton Council sunk by airport investment: fight for funding, not speculation!
Labour-controlled Luton agreed drastic cuts to services at a full council meeting on 14 July. These are a direct result of a dramatic decline in dividend payments
15 April 2020
Coronavirus workplace news in brief
Postal workers in Didcot walked out on 8 April after their depot was not cleaned when a member of staff contracted Covid-19
14 August 2019
Summer of airline industry strikes against low pay and worsening conditions
August has seen a number of strikes threatened in the airline industry, in particular at Heathrow Airport but also at Gatwick Airport and potential industrial action by British Airways and Ryanair pilots. Strikes at Gatwick and Heathrow have been suspended because of improved offers.
12 June 2019
Scottish airport strikes - fight for better pay and pensions
Hundreds of Unite trade union members at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are striking to defend pensions and for better pay.
10 April 2019
Support the Glasgow Airport pay and pensions strike
Unite the Union should coordinate for action with workers at Aberdeen and Southampton airports
6 February 2019
United States: strike ends federal shutdown
Unofficial action by airport workers has forced Donald Trump to end the longest unpaid 'furlough' of government employees in history
12 December 2018
'Stansted 15' - outrageous guilty verdict
The 'Stansted 15', who took non-violent direct action at Stansted airport in March 2017 to prevent the deportation of 60 people who were at risk, have been found guilty of "endangering safety at aerodromes" - a terrorism-related charge
10 October 2018
Strike raises pay at Liverpool airport
Striking workers at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport who run essential safety-related services have settled for an improved pay offer
26 September 2018
Safety-critical airport workers continue strike
Safety-critical workers at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport are continuing their strike action against the real-terms pay cut their employer is trying to force on them.
19 September 2018
Liverpool airport workers demand decent pay
Over 80 workers - members of the GMB union - are taking strike action at Liverpool's John Lennon airport, as the employer insists on holding wage rises to below the rate of inflation
23 August 2017
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors
23 August 2017
BA poverty pay dispute enters new phase of action
On their 74th day of strike action, British Airways mixed-fleet cabin crew and their supporters, circled Heathrow Airport in an open-top bus
30 May 2017
Workers warned boss of tech failure danger
Many BA passengers suffered cancelled flights over the bank holiday period
25 January 2017
India: struggle against land grab in Pune
Socialists and villagers wage tireless battle: India, especially in the past 25 years of neoliberal onslaught, has witnessed the massive plunder of land under the guise of major infrastructure projects. Nonetheless, such land-grabbing has provoked mass resistance movements.
18 January 2017
Manchester: BA cabin crew pay strike
Unite members chanted "low pay, no way" and "pay rise, not lies" while getting support from passengers going in and out of the airport, including one who donated two boxes of chocolates!
11 January 2017
After gloating about the decline in strikes to record levels in 2015, just months later, the right-wing Tory press is frothing at the mouth as workers take action on the tube, railways and at airports.
2 November 2016
Heathrow expansion exposes Tory divisions
For an integrated, environmentally sound, socialist transport system: The recent decision by the cabinet to go ahead with building a third runway at Heathrow has enormous implications for workers at Heathrow and for the local communities. What view should socialists take?
6 July 2016
Turkey: Deadly terrorist attack at Istanbul airport
A terrorist attack, presumed to have been carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis), killed at least 43 people and injured 239 others at the Istanbul Atatürk airport on 28 June.
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