Fourteen days of planned strikes at Aberdeen Airport have been called off after a last-minute pay agreement was reached, averting what the Unite union had warned would be “significant delays” for passengers.
The strikes, involving baggage screening staff employed by ICTS HBS Security, were due to begin on Monday. Unite said it had been left with no option after negotiations through the conciliation service Acas failed to produce a breakthrough. But on Friday evening, ICTS confirmed an agreement had been reached and the “proposed industrial action” had been cancelled.
“14-day strike by Aberdeen Airport security staff called off after last-minute pay deal reached via Acas.”
Unite said the revised offer would now be voted on by its members, who had unanimously supported industrial action at Aberdeen. The union recently resolved two separate pay disputes at the airport involving ICTS central search and Aberdeen Airport Limited workers.
Aberdeen Airport said it had “robust contingency measures” and no impact had been expected had the strikes gone ahead. The deal follows similar summer strikes at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports that were also averted after new agreements were made.
An ICTS spokesman said: “We’re pleased to confirm that an agreement with our colleagues working within hold baggage screening at Aberdeen airport has been reached. We have been informed that the proposed industrial action will now not take place.”