Airports face Bank Holiday strike

[Keith]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7562920.stm

Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Gatwick and Stansted airports are to strike on Bank Holiday Monday in a row over pay, unions say.

At Gatwick, 318 Swissport workers will walk out for 24 hours, halting services at some airlines. A second strike is planned for Friday 29 August.

The staff have rejected a 3% pay offer which the Unite union said was "an insult" and well below inflation.

[Slowhand]

It`s Bank Holiday time again! :mad:

[Isafari]

Apart from snow, this is one thing I dread happening for our outbound flight.

[Ursula]

This is exactly why I fly off season.... I won't be held to ransome.

[Britchick]

some of us have no choice helly with school holidays etc :(

they did it last august bank hol didn't they- we flew out that saturday and didn't encounter any problems.

[Ursula]

aw hun XXXXXXXXXXX I really hate how it affects the innocent people.