HEATHROW airport cargo workers at the Swissport ground handling facility are holding a strike vote over problems involving the use of agency staff and new employment contracts, reports Press Association, adding that ballot result will be known on May 4, after which, the union must give seven days notice of any action.

    Qantas, South African Airlines, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines could also be strike-bound, but no other airlines are involved.

    The Unite union said its members at Swissport Cargo Heathrow will vote over the next few weeks whether to launch "industrial action".

    "Unite offered Swissport a dispute-free way to resolve the issues. Amazingly, Swissport turned it down," said union official Kevin Hall. "Over a dozen airlines now face the real possibility of heavy disruption to their cargo operations because Swissport management is refusing to genuinely try to resolve this dispute."

(Source:http://www.schednet.com)