Construction workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 accept bonus pay deal

GMB and other union members working for Laing O’Rourke on the Terminal 5 project at Heathrow have settled their bonus pay dispute.

The new deal sees an increase in the amount of the back pay to £800 per person with the hourly bonus rate increasing by 80p per hour.

Workers at Terminal 5 had staged several strikes over the past few months in a dispute over hourly overtime pay.

There is also a ‘no intimidation or retaliation’ clause in the offer to protect the employment and positions of the workers who have taken part in the industrial action related to the dispute.

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The offer was recommended to members for acceptance by the trade union negotiators.

Tom Kelly, GMB construction organiser, said: “GMB is glad that the dispute has been settled and we hope that we can now get on with Laing O’Rourke to finish the terminal.”