CHAOS LOOMS FOR REGION WITH THREAT OF SUMMER STRIKES.HOLIDAYMAKERS could face misery today as workers at the region's biggest airport stage a walkout. As schools break up for the summer holidays, thousands of families are expected to head abroad. But members of the Transport and General Workers' Union Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) British labour union. The Dockers' Union (founded 1889) took the lead in the merger of 14 unions to form the TGWU in 1922. The union grew rapidly under the leadership of Ernest Bevin (1922–40). at Manchester airport For City Airport Manchester, UK, see . For the United States airport, see . Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is a major airport in Manchester, UK. It opened to airline traffic in June 1938. will stop work for two hours as part of protests against cuts in security jobs. The action is the latest in a series of strikes which started earlier this year. Staff will also walk out for two hours on July 30 and August 3. Dave McCall, the TGWU's regional secretary, said: ``We will keep saying to the airport that they cannot cut corners on safety and security, but the management continually flies in the face of reason. ``The case for a properlyresourced, well-trained and well-motivated workforce in a modern airport has been made by us and we will continue to make that case even if it means taking strike action.'' The Government, too, prepared for its summer break amid reports of increased union militancy across the country. Unions representing council workers announced plans for two further national walkouts to follow Wednesday's action. More than 1.2 million local authority employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. will walk out on August 14 and again in September if their claim for a 6pc pay rise is not settled. Council services face disruption. Jack Dromey Jack Dromey (born 21 September 1948) is a British trade unionist, Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and Treasurer of the Labour Party. He was for some time the Secretary of the Brent Trades Council, including when it organised the Grunwick Dispute , national organiser of the Transport and General Workers Union said: ``The public wants an end to low pay for public servants. The door has now opened to negotiations, but there will be no settlement on 3pc.'' L MEANWHILE, a crisis at the heart of Amicus AMICUS Automated Management Information Civil Users System , Britain's second biggest union, remained as general secretary Sir Ken Jackson refused to bow to mounting pressure to accept defeat in a ballot result. Sir Ken, 65, a close ally of the Prime Minister, was beaten by left-wing rival Derek Simpson, 57, but he lodged a complaint that voting could have been affected after media claims of attempts by his supporters to interfere in the ballot. CAPTION(S): ANGRY: Council workers on the steps of St George's Hall |
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