Airbus workers will go on strike next month amid a pay row with bosses in a move that threatens to disrupt the production of plane wings.
Thousands of the manufacturer’s UK employees will walk out for ten days from early September, trade union Unite said.
Unite, which represents more than 3,000 of the company’s aircraft fitters and engineers, said 90 per cent of its members voting in the ballot had chosen industrial action.
The strikes will go ahead unless the European jet maker presents an improved pay offer amid rising inflation and cost of living concerns, union officials warned.
Strikes at the UK sites – including Broughton in Flintshire and Filton, near Bristol – could hamper the firm’s plans to step up plane production, from 766 last year to 820 in 2025, amid growing demand.
Sue Partridge, Airbus UK country manager, commercial aircraft, said: ‘We have made a competitive and fair pay offer in 2025 that builds on the strong foundations of pay increases totalling over 20 per cent in the last three years and a £2,644 bonus payment made in April this year.
‘Our priority remains to find a resolution together with the Trade Union that ensures the long-term competitiveness and success of Airbus in the UK.’
Strike plan: Industrial action at Airbus’ UK sites – including Broughton in Flintshire (pictured) and Filton near Bristol – could disrupt wing production for commercial and military aircraft
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