{"id":374870,"date":"2025-08-26T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374870\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:04:15","slug":"glasgow-airport-strike-threat-could-hit-tourists-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374870\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow Airport strike threat could hit tourists next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The dispute centres on what Unite has described as a \u201cmiserly\u201d 1% pay offer made to drivers employed by Turners (Soham) Limited at its Grangemouth depot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unite has warned that strike action would hit fuel supplies to major airlines, including Jet2, easyJet and Emirates, affecting operations at Glasgow Airport.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-gazette.co.uk\/news\/25415410.drivers-warned-renfrew-road-closure-later-week\/?rel=cl_lsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drivers warned of Renfrew road closure later this week<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The ballot will close on September 4, with any industrial action expected to follow later that month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The union said Turner\u2019s 1% offer comes despite inflation rising to 3.8% in July and the company posting after-tax profits of \u00a351 million in 2023, according to its latest published accounts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-gazette.co.uk\/news\/25414871.delighted-aldi-taxi-rank-renfrew-no-longer-use\/?rel=cl_lsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Delighted&#8217;: Aldi &#8216;taxi-rank&#8217; in Renfrew no longer in use<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: \u201cUnite Turners\u2019 drivers will not accept a miserly pay offer from a very profitable company.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We will fully support our members in their fight to secure better jobs, pay and conditions.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-gazette.co.uk\/news\/25414825.overnight-road-closure-place-busy-route-renfrew\/?rel=cl_lsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overnight road closure to be in place on busy route in Renfrew<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unite regional officer, Lyn Turner, said: \u201cThe logistic drivers based out of Grangemouth are a key group of workers providing fuel supplies to airlines at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle airports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cTurners need to come to its senses and make a fair pay offer to our members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dispute centres on what Unite has described as a \u201cmiserly\u201d 1% pay offer made to drivers employed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-374870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115094976148130578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}