Pay deals avert strike threat at Scotland's major airports

Strike action that threatened to disrupt Scotland's busiest airports during the peak summer travel season has been largely averted after workers accepted new pay offers. Nearly 400 workers employed by ICTS and Menzies Aviation at Glasgow Airport have backed new deals, removing the immediate threat of industrial action that had been scheduled to coincide with the summer holidays and the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the city.

The agreements cover approximately 230 ICTS workers who handle passenger security screening and around 160 ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation. For ICTS staff, the two-year deal includes a five percent increase in basic pay and shift allowances backdated to January 1, with a one-off bank holiday payment included this year. In 2027, their pay will rise in line with the Retail Price Index inflation rate plus an additional one percent. Menzies workers secured a 4.4 percent increase backdated to January, followed by a further minimum pay increase of five percent from July 1, with some workers receiving up to 11.1 percent.

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said hundreds of frontline workers at Glasgow airport had secured vastly improved pay...