GLASGOW airport workers have won pay rises of up to 8.5 per cent, their union said today.

Staff, who include firefighters employed by contractor Falck, have won a basic above-inflation pay increase of 4.5 per cent backdated to January 1, plus improvements to overtime, bank holiday working payments and other benefits.

The workers are members of union Unite, whose general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite’s campaign to deliver better jobs, pay and conditions for Scottish airport workers is a runaway success.