ITN reports that the planned strikes by ground staff at Stansted Airport over Easter have been called off after peace talks. Members of the GMB union had been due to walk out for four hours on Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Monday in a dispute over pay. Union members employed by Swissport voted overwhelmingly for strike [...]

Saffron Walden Weekly News reports that the union involved in threatened strikes by ground staff at Stansted Airport over Easter said it was ready to attend peace talks. The GMB said it had been contacted by the conciliation service Acas over the threat of walkouts on Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Monday in a row [...]

BBC reports that Baggage handlers at Stansted Airport in Essex have voted to strike over Easter in a row over pay. Union members backed industrial action with a three-day strike between Good Friday to Easter Monday, but more talks could avert action, the GMB union said The 150 baggage handlers employed by Swissport Stansted claim [...]

Morning Star online reports that GMB union officer Gary Pearce on Sunday said that the result of a strike ballot by baggage handlers at Stansted Airport in Essex will be announced this week, raising the threat of possible walkouts over Easter. GMB is expecting the result from the ballot of 150 baggage handlers on Thursday, with the union [...]

The Contro Costa Times reports that about 600 demonstrators – many of whom don’t work at Los Angeles International Airport – marched past travelers and terminals on Thursday, alleging unsafe working conditions and unfair labor practices by the private companies that hire airline service workers. No arrests were reported at LAX as dozens of airport [...]

The mississauga.com reports that Air Canada’s baggage handlers, ground crews and maintenance engineers at Pearson International Airport could walk off the job after they voted 65.6 per cent to reject a tentative agreement. They have also given the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers — the largest union at Air Canada, with 8,600 members — a [...]

The German union for air traffic workers, GdF (Gewerkschaft der Flugsicherung), has announced a warning strike at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) on Thursday, February 16, 2012, from 15:00 to 22:00. GdF is handling wage negotiations with Fraport for about 200 employees working in the Apron Control towers, the traffic operations center, as well as staff involved [...]