BAA airports may shut as staff vote to strike

GROUND staff at airport operator BAA have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, the union Unite said, a move which could shut many of Britain’s busiest airports.

Unite said yesterday its members at BAA, owned by Spanish group Ferrovial, had voted three-to-one in favour of industrial action.

The union called on the firm to reopen negotiations on its pay dispute. BAA said the union had only gained weak backing for a strike after just half its members took part in the vote.