International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LSE:IAG) UK flag-carrier British Airways has reached a deal with its check-in staff for a higher pay increase which will avert strike action.
Unite and the GMB both said that workers accepted a pay offer that they said represented a 13% pay increase.
More than 500 workers, who are members of Unite, voted in favour of industrial action after British Airways refused to reverse a 10% pay cut introduced during the pandemic.
With airlines and airports already struggling with delays amid staff shortages, British Airways backed down on the pay cut, which Unite said “will be paid in several stages,”
It will also reverse shift pay reductions imposed in 2020 from October 2022.
“This is a great result for our check-in members at British Airways,” said Unite general secretary Sharon Graham.
“By standing together, they have forced a corporate giant like BA to do the right thing and restore levels of pay slashed in the pandemic.”