London — Workers at London's Heathrow airport are to vote on whether to strike in a dispute over pay.
Unite said more than 3,000 of its members working as security guards, engineers and firefighters will begin balloting for strike action on February 17.
The ballot will close a month later.
The workers have rejected a 10% pay increase, which Unite says is a pay cut, because of the rate of inflation.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Heathrow Airport is guilty of gross hypocrisy, it is paying telephone number salaries to its chief executive and senior managers, but the workers who make the company a success are on poverty wages.
Graham added: "Our members at Heathrow Airport will receive the union’s complete support.”
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