A HOLIDAY warning has been issued as 1,000 airport workers are planning to strike this month.
It has today been announced that staff at Gatwick Airport, including baggage handlers and check-in workers, will walk out for eight days.
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The Union Unite announced the plans today, saying the strikes will take place later this month.
It comes as Heathrow Airport workers announced they would be striking every weekend this summer in a mass walkout over pay.
The Unite union said more than 2,000 of its members will undertake industrial action for 31 days from June 24.
For the first time security officers based at Terminal 3 will join their colleagues from Terminal 5 and campus security who have previously gone on strike.
The walkouts will threaten a summer of travel chaos with passengers likely to face heavy disruption.
Some of the world’s biggest airlines could be affected by the strikes.
Other strikes are set to cause travel chaos for British holidaymakers this summer.
Thousands of flights were set to be impacted as air traffic controllers in France and Italy stage walkouts.
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