HUNDREDS of workers at Edinburgh Airport are being balloted for strike action in an ongoing pay dispute.

Unite argues that the employer’s offer of 11 per cent and a £1,000 cost-of-living payment not only fails to take into account that members’ wages have fallen by 10 per cent in real terms over the last seven years, but lags behind a recent 12 per cent and £1,500 payment deal recently signed off at Gatwick.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite’s members at Edinburgh Airport made huge sacrifices during the Covid pandemic.