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CABIN crew with cut-price airline EasyJet are to ballot on strike action over pay.
Bosses want to impose pay increases of 2 per cent for 2,000 cabin crew and 2.5 per cent for managers, but talks with airlines union Unite broke down on Friday.
Unite said there was a “glaring pay disparity” between the average £25,000 salary for cabin crew and the massive remuneration of over £6 million pocketed by EasyJet chief executive Carolyn McCall.
“We would urge EasyJet to drop its high-handed approach and go back into talks,” said Unite regional officer Kevin Hall.
“Cabin crew have worked hard to make EasyJet a success, enabling the company to record pre-tax profits in excess of half a billion pounds.”
The ballot takes off on July 4 and runs for a month, with a strike potentially then hitting 11 airports across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
