Glasgow Airport security staff reject offer of 5% pay increase

Around 250 security workers at Glasgow Airport voted by 94% to reject what they labelled a “derisory” 5% pay increase. The workers, according to their Unite trade union, “deal with passengers directly in the security search area and process them for flights” and “cover mobile patrols, control access posts, screen all deliveries and deal with emergency services at Glasgow Airport” If the pay increase offer is not “significantly” improved, the affected staff will vote on going on strike, an outcome the union said could lead to “travel chaos”. The workers dismissed the salary hike offer as a “real terms pay