Union members at Gatwick Airport to strike over pay and conditions

Pay negotiations for 2025-26 are under way, but PCS warned the gap between the two sides was "significant".

Author: Alan Jones, PAPublished 30th May 2025

Staff at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are to stage fresh strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) based at sites including Gatwick Airport will walk out on June 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 following stoppages in January and March.

Pay negotiations for 2025-26 are under way, but PCS warned the gap between the two sides was "significant".

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: "We're frustrated and disappointed after management imposed a 2024 pay offer without engaging in meaningful negotiations.

"The current offer - a one-off, non-consolidated payment of £1,150 - has been rejected by union members as inadequate amid rising living costs and concerns about long-term pay erosion.

"Our members deserve a fair pay rise that reflects the cost of living, restores the value of their salaries and recognises the value of their work. Instead, CAA has chosen to bypass negotiations and impose a deal, which is unacceptable to us."

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