[Image: Swissport.]

Blogged as advance warning for VP readers in foreign countries who may be thinking of coming to the UK for Christmas – or those here who want to get away.

Check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at UK airports are planning a 48-hour strike from 23 December, the Unite union says.

The union said more than 1,500 workers at Swissport, the world’s largest ground and cargo handler, would walk out following a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

Unite said the action, which will hit Christmas travel, was “a last resort”.

Swissport said it was making plans to “minimise disruption” to passengers.

Source: Airport staff in pre-Christmas strike – BBC News

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