Workers at aviation ground handling company Aviance are to vote for a rescue package aimed at saving 150 jobs, it was announced last night.

SIPTU members at Aviance are to ballot on rescue proposals to save 150 jobs at the company’s Irish operation in Dublin airport.

The success of a union rescue plan aimed at saving almost 160 jobs at Dublin Airport is expected to be known later today.

SIPTU confirmed this afternoon it has been in contact with Aviance amid reports that the aviation company is to close its operations at Dublin Airport.

A FORMER baggage handler with a heart condition has been awarded €125,000 after the Equality Tribunal ruled he had been fired and had suffered discriminatory treatment because of a physical disability.

Union leaders today warned of travel chaos at the UK’s biggest airports after baggage handlers and check-in staff voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

Check-in staff working for Spanish airline Iberia at Heathrow Airport were staging a 24-hour strike today in a row over pay.

COMPANIES who operate in conjunction with CityJet handling airports throughout the country have been warned by the country’s biggest trade union that they face industrial action if they continue to do so.

TRAVELLERS passing through Dublin Airport may face serious disruption due to an industrial dispute.

Irish flights to the UK could face major delays if baggage handlers at Britain's busiest airports decide on strike action.