Airport rejects union's strike chaos claim.
BIRMINGHAM International Airport Birmingham International Airport may refer to: - Birmingham International Airport (UK), the major airport located southeast of Birmingham, in West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Birmingham International Airport (US), the major airport serving Birmingham, Alabama, USA
bosses today rejected union claims
that a Christmas strike by cargo handlers would hit passenger flights.
Workers with Menzies World Cargo are due to stage a walkout at a
string of airports around the country from 4am on December 23 until 11am
on Christmas Day.
Members of the Transport & General Workers' Union voted 74
per cent for strike action over an imposed pay offer of 2.7 per cent.
The union claimed the action could bring delays to Lufthansa,
British Midland British midland may refer to: - British Midland Airways Limited, also referred to as bmi and formerly as British Midland
- The British midlands, the central region of Great Britain
and South African Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. flights among others, as the
commercial cargo is carried in the holds of passenger planes.
But a Birmingham airport spokeswoman denied the planned industrial
action would impact on passenger services.
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