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BRITS will face travel chaos as hundreds of Border Force staff at amajor airport will walk out for FOUR days.
Holidaymakers travelling through Heathrow Airport will be faced with a nightmare in the coming days, as more than 600 workers have voted to strike.
The walkout will run for four days from April 11.
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCSU) this afternoon announced the strike would go ahead.
More than
The Border Force guards had been considering industrial action after hearing workers’ shifts may change, and had until March 22 to make a call.
They claimed staff’s rosters and shift patterns were looking to be changed, to the anger of workers.
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “Ministers have 14 days to withdraw these unfair and unnecessary proposals or our members at Heathrow will take strike action.
“Consultation with staff has been a farce, with our members having little or no choice about the new arrangements.
“Ripping up flexible working arrangements is no way to treat staff especially as the Government says their work is critical to our nation’s security.
“Some members are heartbroken that the Border Force has become ‘unprofessional and inhumane’.
“If the Government is serious about border security, it should look at Border Force officers’ job security, look after its staff, scrap the changes and work with us to protect jobs and working conditions.”
When the staff were in talks about the strike earlier this month, Heathrow Airport told the Telegraph it would work with staff to try to reduce chaos for passengers.
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