BA baggage staff to vote on strike

British Airways baggage and check- in staff will vote in August whether to strike after pay talks broke down, the Transport & General Workers Union (T&G) said.

Unions last week rejected a pay offer from the airline.

About 8,000 workers will take part in the strike ballot, the union said.

“The people who are delivering for BA on the ground are working flat out but standing still on pay,” union secretary Brendan Gold said.

BA said in January it plans to reduce employee costs by £300m over two years through productivity increases, manpower reductions and modest pay raises. The airline shed 13,000 jobs in the past two years.