British Airways, Heathrow Airport Face Union Ire Over Pay Cuts
- GMB says airline is forcing ‘shameful’ deal on ground workers
- Unite warns that proposed measures could spark labor action
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British Airways and Heathrow Airport Ltd. clashed with unions over the extent of pay cuts the firms say are necessary if they’re to ride out a deep slowdown in travel triggered by the coronavirus crisis.
The GMB union said Wednesday that an outline deal touted as a breakthrough by BA had resulted from a “shameful” threat to fire staff and hire them back on worse terms. Unite separately wrote to members saying Heathrow was employing similar tactics to enforce hefty pay cuts out of “greed not need.”