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Border force staff at airports go on strike for three days

28 December 2022
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Border force staff at airports go on strike for three days

Three-day strike

More than 1,000 border control staff working at major UK airports began a three-day strike on Wednesday, which will cause serious inconvenience to passengers in the run-up to New Year. The strike has affected Heathrow and Gatwick, as well as Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow airports, according to Sky News television.

Staff at these airports, who are responsible for checking passengers' passports, had previously gone on strike from December 19 to 24. The waiting time in queues to check passports during this period increased significantly and could exceed two hours.

The Public and Commercial Services Union, shortly PCS, has sharply criticised the government's pay hike of 2 per cent for civil servants, including border guards, this year and is demanding 10 per cent.

The second round of strikes by officials, starting on Wednesday, will also last four days and the PCS said the full extent of the disruption was difficult to predict, partly because military personnel were not authorised to detain suspected criminals at passport controls.

Also, the Home Office said its robust contingency plans for the UK border had been drawn up to prioritise security and safety.

Airports said they expected minimal disruption during the latest strike, adding that they had been operating normally during strikes that ended on Boxing Day.

Heathrow Airport said there had been "no impact on the operation as a result of the first round of border force strikes".

The strike affects not only airline passengers but also those arriving in the UK from continental Europe by Eurostar trains.

A new round of strikes was also launched on Wednesday by employees of a number of rail companies, including Great Western Railway. Like the border workers, they intend to strike for pay rises until December 31 and resume protesting in January.

It is also worth noting that a wave of strikes gripped the UK in December amid a sharp rise in inflation, to a near 40-year high of 10.7%, and falling real incomes. In addition to border and rail workers, nurses, ambulance staff and postal workers are also taking part.

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