Strike by BA cargo workers to go ahead from Christmas Day, Unite announces

British Airways planes (Tim Ockenden/PA)

A nine-day strike by British Airways cargo workers is to go ahead from Christmas Day after talks failed to resolve a dispute over pay and conditions.

Unite said its members, mainly based at Heathrow, faced “deep cuts” to their pay of between £5,000 and £11,000 a year, as well as inferior conditions.