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Heathrow Fuel Workers Suspend Strike After Improved Offer
Aircraft taxi at London Heathrow Airport.
Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
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Refueling workers at London Heathrow airport called off a strike that was set to begin Thursday and had threatened further disruptions at the UK travel hub.
The walkout was suspended after Aviation Fuel Services Ltd. made a “sustainably improved offer,” the Unite union said in a statement Wednesday. The roughly 50 employees involved will now be given time to consider the proposal, which came about in talks facilitated by a conciliation service, the group said.