Cabin crew at UK regional airline Loganair have won a pay deal worth nearly 27% over 18 months.
The staff, represented by the Unite trade union, will receive an increase of 23%, rising to 26.7% with the addition of pay benefits and allowances.
“Unite has delivered a substantial pay win for Loganair cabin crew workers across the UK and Ireland,” said Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham. “It’s further evidence that we are securing better pay packages for workers throughout the aviation industry. The message to all airport workers is clear: if you want better jobs, pay and conditions – join Unite.”
The 120-cabin crew who are eligible for the wage increase service flights from airports across Ireland and the UK, including London City and Heathrow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Isle of Man, Manchester and Shetland.
“Unite has successfully negotiated another pay deal which will make a real difference to the lives of our cabin crew members at Loganair,” commented Pat McIlvogue, Unite Industrial Officer. “We believe this deal will set a benchmark for the rest of the aviation industry, and it demonstrates the clear value of being a member of Unite.”
In May, Unite launched the ‘Runway to Success’ campaign, which focused on improving the jobs, pay, and conditions of all workers based at Scottish airports.
The union is calling for a raft of reforms, including removing zero hours, non-guaranteed hours, and minimum hours contracts across all Scottish airports; a Real Living Wage ‘plus’ as basic minimum hourly pay; improving hourly rosters to deliver a better work and life balance, and extending trade union recognition and collective bargaining agreements with all companies based at Scottish airports.
Since the campaign’s debut, Unite said it has achieved a 12.8% pay rise for Aberdeen and Glasgow airport ICTS workers, a 12% basic increase in pay for Edinburgh Airport Services workers, 11.9% basic increase for more than 100 OCS workers based at Edinburgh airport, 10% pay rise for ABM workers at Glasgow Airport, and 7.75% for Skytanking workers at Inverness Airport and Falck firefighters at Aberdeen.
Loganair had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
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