British Airways workers have voted to strike during the school summer holidays in a move set to cause more travel chaos as the industry struggles to recover from the pandemic.

The GMB trade union finished balloting its BA members working at Heathrow Airport on Thursday morning – announcing shortly after that 95% of workers had voted to strike this summer.

Separately, BA workers at Heathrow who are members of the Unite union have been balloted too, with results expected on Monday.

In total, more than 700 BA check-in staff and ground handling agents could strike during this industrial action.

Industrial action dates will be confirmed in the coming days but are likely to be during the peak summer holiday period, according to GMB.

The union is seeking to reverse a 10% pay cut on workers imposed during the pandemic. BA says it has offered a 10% one-off bonus, but not a return to the same pay as before.

“With grim predictability, holiday makers face massive disruption thanks to the pig-headedness of British Airways,” said Nadine Houghton, GMB National Officer.

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“GMB members at Heathrow have suffered untold abuse as they deal with the travel chaos caused by staff shortages and IT failures. At the same time, they’ve had their pay slashed during BA’s callous fire and rehire policy,” she said.

“What did BA think was going to happen?”

The strike action follows a wave of discontent expressed by workers across the country in recent months. Many are demanding higher wages to deal with the cost of living crisis.

About 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail and 13 train operators have walked out this week over what they say are unfair working conditions.

The RMT’s general secretary has warned that rail strikes could “escalate” unless a settlement is reached for all workers in the industry.

Mick Lynch told Sky News that more train drivers might enter the dispute – and “other people are balloting in this industry too”.

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