Workers who assist persons with reduced mobility (PRM) at London Stansted Airport are balloting for strike action that could cause significant flight delays next month. More than 100 employees at ABM, the company contracted by Manchester Airport Group to provide PRM assistance, are voting on industrial action following a breakdown in pay negotiations.
The dispute involves staff who board disabled passengers and operate specialist vehicles, including minibuses and Ambis, which require qualifications equivalent to an HGV. Unite, the trade union, says that workers have rejected pay offers which they believe do not reflect their increasing workload or the cost of living crisis, noting that many receive less than the London Living Wage of £14.80.
“Our members are constantly expected to undertake more and more work, yet ABM is cynically failing to pay a fair wage,” said Unite general…
