Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “It is rank hypocrisy for OCS to boast about being a real living wage employer when its BA staff are on poverty wages and having to use foodbanks.
Cleaners at British Airways’ offices at Heathrow have announced strike action as staff are “on poverty wages” and forced to use foodbanks, their union has said - on the same day the airport unveiled plans for a huge expansion.
Unite said this means OCS’s BA workers are being paid the legal minimum wage of £11.44 an hour in one of the most expensive cities on the planet.
Unite regional officer Martin West said: “There is still time to avoid industrial action but that will require OCS to put forward a fair pay offer.
On Tuesday Unite announced that it had secured BA workers at Gatwick and Heathrow a pay rise worth more than £290m over three years as well as a potential profit share worth a further £318m.
