Baggage handlers face job cuts at Manchester Airport
30.11.07
Management have announced that they will axe 188 baggage handling jobs at Manchester Airport. The news has been met with anger from union representatives.
Airport management announced yesterday that they plan to retain just 139 out of the 327 baggage handlers employed at the site. They said increased competition has led to the baggage handling side of the business making a loss.
However Steve Grieves, of Unite union, vowed to fight the redundancies during a 90-day consultation with airport bosses. He said workers were paying the price for bad management decisions and claimed the retained workforce would also have to take a pay cut.
He said: 'Our members are committed to Manchester Airport. We intend to fight to reduce the redundancies and protect the terms and conditions of our already lowly paid members.'
A spokeswoman for Manchester Airport said the company had been left with 'no alternative' but to reduce the size of its the baggage handling operation. She said: 'Although we have been working hard to secure the long-term future of the baggage handling business several significant contracts have been lost.'
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