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Irish holidaymakers might face journey disruptions attributable to a Heathrow Airport border drive strike from August 31 to September 3, impacting connection flights.
Border officers at Heathrow Airport are set to strike later this month, which can result in journey disruptions for some Irish passengers utilizing the airport for connecting flights, a journey skilled has warned.
The motion, deliberate from August 31 to September 3, will see a whole lot of border drive workers stroll out on the UK’s busiest airport. This era coincides with one of many busiest journey occasions of the 12 months for Irish holidaymakers, lots of whom are connecting via Heathrow.
The strike entails 650 members of the Public and Business Providers Union (PCS) and shall be adopted by greater than two weeks of extra industrial motion, in response to a current PCS assertion.
The union attributes the strike to ongoing disputes over adjustments in working circumstances, together with the implementation of rigid new rosters.
The strike will happen on the finish of the summer season faculty holidays in Eire, a peak journey interval when many households are getting back from holidays overseas.