UK Airport Strikes Possible Next Week

[Nigelinoz]

Source:Summer airport strikes loom-28 July, 2009

Summer airport strikes loom Holidaymakers are in for long waits next week as immigration officers at UK airports including Heathrow prepare to strike.
A ballet announced yesterday at the Public and Commercial Services union revealed 78% of the 1,100 immigration workers it represents had opted to take strike action following discord over the plans to merge customs and immigration into a single UK Border Agency.
The officers argue that the move will mean they are required to carry out tasks which they did not previously have to do such as strip searches and arrests.

The union will meet today to decide whether to go ahead with the strike. If it goes ahead it looks like the first strike will be on August 5, which is the date the formal merger comes into effect.

 

[Dave Noble]

"A ballet announced yesterday at the Public and Commercial Services union revealed 78% of the 1,100 immigration workers it represents had opted to take strike action"

An interesting idea for a ballet, next year Heathrow , The Opera

Dave

 

[Mal]

If ~78% of staff are striking, that will be a disruptive time.

Last week, the Post Office over here was striking, so it seems to be strike time.

Hopefully I'll be enrolled into IRIS before I leave for my next trip. If that doesn't happen, I'm back on the 4th, so narrowly avoid the disruption.

 

[Nigelinoz]

An interesting idea for a ballet, next year Heathrow , The Opera

Nice one Dave.well spotted.

 

[NM]

Nice one Dave.well spotted.

Well he is not one to dance around such topic

 

[serfty]

Well he is not one to dance around such topic

No .. the on the spot pirouette is more the go!

 

[Nigelinoz]

Well he is not one to dance around such topic

I bet you were under the pump to get that in NM.

 

[NM]

No .. the on the spot pirouette is more the go!

I just had a vision of Dave wearing a tutu and now my day is ruined :evil:

 

[Flashback]

I just had a vision of Dave wearing a tutu and now my day is ruined :evil:

Thanks for that. Mine too, now. :evil::evil:

 

[Nigelinoz]

Reminds me of the time,a few years back when AFL football commentator and former player Sam Newman appeared on the MCG wearing a tutu after losing a bet made with a fellow panelist on the footy show.
Was not a pretty sight.:shock:

 

[kamchatsky]

Gee. I am arriving at LHR on 4th August at 5:50am, and I have LHR-HEL on 8th August. Hopefully the strike won't affect my frist trip to Europe.

Whilst I have travel insurance I really don't want to use it.

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