Baggage handlers continue action

Previous strikes by Servisair workers have not affected flights

Baggage handlers working for Servisair at Gatwick Airport are staging a further 12-hour strike on Friday in their ongoing dispute over workloads.

Members of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) will be mounting picket lines at airport approach roads from 8am until 8pm.

Passengers are being advised to check in normally, as Servisair say they have put contingency plans in place.

Strikes are also planned for next Wednesday and Friday.

Flights unaffected

The union is staging a series of 12-hour protests over what it says is inadequate rest time between shifts and the suspension of a senior steward.

A strike on Wednesday as part of the same dispute involved about 600 workers but left flights unaffected.

Servisair, the ground handling firm which employs the workers, said flights had left Gatwick on time.

Two 24-hour strikes have also been held.

Talks between the union and the company broke down on Monday.

Both parties say they are ready to negotiate, but no further meetings have been scheduled.

Servisair is one of four baggage handling companies at Gatwick.