{"id":13462,"date":"2017-09-20T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=13462"},"modified":"2017-09-20T12:52:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:52:44","slug":"cheated-holiday-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=13462","title":{"rendered":"Cheated out of holiday pay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About 4,000 workers at Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL), members of Unite have overwhelmingly rejected the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s holiday pay offer and imposed cuts to terms and conditions in a consultative ballot.<\/p>\n

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Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has today (September 20) been told of the union\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s intention to proceed to a full industrial action ballot of the entire membership, unless the company rows back on its bullying bid to cheat staff out of holiday pay, imposed cuts to early start payments (ESP) and the threat to remove members from the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Share in Success\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 scheme for taking part in lawful industrial action.<\/p>\n

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Members are angry at being cheated out of holiday pay, to which they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re legally entitled, as a result of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refusal to implement a fair method for calculating overtime and other variable pay in their holiday pay calculations.<\/p>\n

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Accusing Heathrow of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098making every worker poorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Unite has warned that a strike by HAL\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s security staff, firefighters, airfield operators and engineers will cause travel chaos for passengers over the busy Christmas period, and with 139,000 tons of cargo passing through Heathrow in August alone, businesses will also be severely affected.<\/p>\n

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The industrial action ballot of Unite members, who voted by a 94 per cent majority to reject the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s offer in the consultative ballot, opens on Wednesday, September 27 and closes around Wednesday, October 18.<\/p>\n

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Unite regional coordinating officer, Wayne King said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bHAL needs to sit up and take notice. Instead of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098making every journey better\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Heathrow is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098making every worker poorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in its bullying bid to cheat staff out of their full holiday pay, and cuts to long standing terms and conditions.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are deeply disappointed that, despite many months of trying to settle this dispute, including at the conciliation service, Acas, HAL has flatly rejected several of the union\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reasonable proposals. This has left us with no option, but to proceed to a full industrial action ballot now.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith over 94 per cent voting to reject, our members have sent a very clear message that they will not be bullied into accepting a shoddy offer that leaves them out of pocket. They work in safety critical roles, without them, air and groundside operations will grind to a halt.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe would urge HAL to get back around the table to reach a genuinely negotiated settlement on all of the issues.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOtherwise major disruption is on the cards during the hectic Christmas period when hundreds of thousands of people will be getting away for sun and skiing as well as visiting family and friends. And with 139,000 tons of cargo passing through Heathrow in August alone, businesses will also be severely affected.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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