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When are the Heathrow security strikes and will they affect your holiday to Spain this summer?
Security staff at Heathrow Airport plan to strike for 31 days this June, July and August
Brits hoping to fly to Spain and other destinations worldwide could have their holiday plans disrupted by striking security staff at Heathrow airport this summer.
It comes as airport staff in France call June strikes, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights.
At Heathrow this summer, over 2,000 security officers and members of staff from the London airport’s Terminal 3 will join workers from Terminal 5 in striking for the first time, affecting many major airlines and across key holiday dates such as Eid, the summer holidays from school and the August bank holiday.
The Unite union has said the strikes are over “declining pay for Heathrow employees” and “abject low pay” for security officers.
Unite secretary, Sharon Graham, said that Heathrow Airport is “an incredibly wealthy company, which this summer is anticipating bumper profits and an executive pay bonanza. It’s also expected to pay out huge dividends to shareholders, yet its workers can barely make ends meet and are paid far less than workers at other airports.”
British Airways flights will be impacted by the strike action at Terminal 5, while Virgin, Emirates, Qatar Airway, United Airlines, American and Delta will all also be affected.
There are flights from Heathrow to Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Tenerife and Gibraltar, many of which are run by BA.
These are the Heathrow Airport strike dates for summer 2023:
- June 24, 25, 28, 29 & 30
- July 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 & 31
- August 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 & 26
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