At the largest airport in the United Kingdom, London Heathrow, several strikes by the ground staff are threatened in December 2020. This expresses the displeasure against the planned reduction of around 4.000 jobs.

The industrial action is organized by the Unite union. This explains that almost all floor occupational groups, including the fire brigade, will take part in the work stoppages. Heathrow Airport would be paralyzed. According to the employee representatives, the staff should be pushed with hard methods to accept lower wages, otherwise the dismissal would flourish. According to Unite, this is done in one-on-one meetings.

The union also states that in one vote, 85 percent of the members voted in favor of strikes. These are to be held on the following days, each for a duration of 24 hours: December 1, 2020, December 14, 2020, December 17, 2020 and December 18, 2020. If no agreement can be reached with Heathrow management beforehand, is Due to the involvement of the fire brigade in the work stoppages, considerable restrictions up to the temporary cessation of flight operations can be expected. The further development remains to be seen because a compromise is often found "two to twelve".