Gatwick airport strikes set to cause more disruption for travellers IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 10
Airline passengers could face more delays as Gatwick strikes planned next week Unite has been in negotiations with the workers’ employer since May The Independent UK · Sep 10
Gatwick strike announced during flights chaos as more than 200 airports workers to walk out in pay row Gatwick Airport is facing further disruption this month from the strike action Evening Standard · Sep 9
‘Get a grip!’: Disabled BBC correspondent slams Heathrow after long wait to disembark plane Exclusive: ‘Why should disabled passengers have so much worse service than everybody else?’ – Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025
Heathrow airport braced for more travel disruption next month as passenger assistance workers strike Around 500 workers providing assistance to passengers with restricted mobility will strike for four days Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2025
Heathrow Airport strike threat as passenger assistance workers vote on walkout Passenger assistance workers at Heathrow are demanding pay parity with Gatwick The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025
London museum security guards urge public to stay away in strikes over pay More walkouts planned in 2025 at V&A, Natural History and Science museums as workers demand living wage The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024
Security guard sues Science Museum for allegedly denying suitable chair Malina Nowicka, a cancer survivor with chronic back pain, works as security guard at London museum The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
Security at Science and Natural History museums to ballot for strike action Exclusive: More than 70 guards at the London attractions taking part after ‘years of real-terms pay cuts’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024
When are the Gatwick Airport strikes and will any flights be cancelled? The strikes come amid air traffic control issues and multiple travel companies in the UK declaring bankruptcy Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2024
Gatwick Strikes 2023: Warnings of ‘severe disruption’ at airport as August strikes announced The industrial action will involve more than 230 members of Unite at the West Sussex airport The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023
Gatwick Strikes 2023: Warnings of ‘severe disruption’ at airport as August strikes announced The industrial action will involve more than 230 members of Unite at the West Sussex airport. The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023
Union predicts ‘severe disruption’ at Gatwick as August strikes announced The industrial action will involve more than 230 members of Unite at the West Sussex airport. The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023
Passenger’s wheelchair irreversibly damaged after being thrown onto Gatwick baggage carousel ‘like a suitcase’ ‘Your independence is totally taken away,’ says traveller The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022 Disabled man carried off easyJet plane after 'Gatwick staff damage wheelchair' Mark Parrin, who has been a wheelchair user since 1990 after suffering a spinal injury, had requested special assistance in advance of the easyJet flight to Gatwick Airport
Daily Mirror · Aug 17, 2022 Ex-worker slams 'out of control' Gatwick Airport after public abuse forced them to quit The former Gatwick Airport employee claims the conditions and 'ridiculous' abuse from the public became unbearable, forcing them to quit their job despite a 21% pay rise
The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2022 ‘I have to plan for if I am stranded, if I am dropped, if my chair is damaged’: the perils of travelling while disabled Using trains or planes can be fraught with difficulty and danger for disabled people, from being forgotten about at stations to being unable to use the toilet on long flights
Daily Record · Jun 21, 2022 Disabled passenger left 'humiliated' when assistance failed to arrive at airport delaying flight Two airports have issued an apology to passenger Suzanne Croft, 53, following her "traumatic" experience.
Daily Mirror · Jun 18, 2022 Terrified widow, 92, slams Gatwick Airport after she was 'locked in a side room' Jean Curran claims she felt abandoned by assistance staff after returning home from her grandson's wedding, describing the ordeal as 'the worst moment' of her entire life
Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022 Disabled easyJet passenger dies 'falling down escalator' at Gatwick Airport It has been alleged that the death of an unnamed man occurred after assistance didn't arrive promptly aboard an easyJet flight at Gatwick Airport and they made their own way to terminal
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2022 Disabled woman left on plane at Gatwick airport for hour and a half Airport apologises to Victoria Brignell, who was left in her seat for 95 minutes as no one was available to assist her
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