Gate Gourmet

France: Airport catering workers demonstrate

jef costello — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:36:27 +0000

Many of the 853 workers facing the sack protested outside the company offices before moving to Roissy airport where they protested at the Lufthansa check-in desks, Lufthansa is the former owner of LSG.

Spread Cheese against Scabs - Picket line account from German Gate Gourmet strike, 2005

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:12:52 +0000

First person account of a picket line in November 2005 after 43 days of strike against catering firm Gate Gourmet in Germany.

Strike at Gate Gourmet in Düsseldorf, 2005

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:09:52 +0000

Article from November 2005 with updates on the strike against catering firm Gate Gourmet in Germany.

Workers' struggle at Gate Gourmet is getting harder

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:51:32 +0000

Article from February 2006 about German workers' struggle against airport catering firm Gate Gourmet.

Union pays ‘hush money’ over Gate Gourmet wildcat

Joseph K. — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:33:22 +0000

Mark Fisher and Pat Breslin were allegedly following union orders when they helped organise the wildcat strike – which if proved true would make the union open to legal action by employers to recover the £42 million losses caused by the action.

BA sack second solidarity striker

Steven. — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:09:53 +0000

The Daily Telegraph reported the move, which follows the dismissal of another employee on the same grounds last month. BA said the pair had been 'found guilty of gross misconduct for playing leading roles in orchestrating unballotted and illegal industrial action,' according to the Telegraph.

A view from inside the Gate Gourmet dispute

Steven. — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:29:07 +0000

Have conditions changed over the past few years?

Gate Gourmet dispute costs BA £35-£45m

Steven. — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:35:20 +0000

The dispute is still continuing, with redundancy offers being attached to a number of conditions. The T&G bureaucracy is likely to broker a deal that will not be in the interests of the workers.

Baggage handlers launched a wildcat strike in solidarity with the catering workers. Releasing its results for the three months to 30 September, BA saw its pre-tax profit fall 18% to £241m.

Gate Gourmet dispute continues

Steven. — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:51:21 +0000

Workers are still picketing daily on Beacon Hill, Gate Gourmet workers called a press conference today, the details of which follow below.

BA acts against three workers for Gate Gourmet solidarity

Steven. — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:13:29 +0000

At the time, baggage handlers walked out for two days in sympathy with sacked workers at the airline's in-flight caterer Gate Gourmet.

British Airways said two of the shop stewards have been suspended on full pay while the third continues to work.

All three are members of the Transport & General Workers' Union (T&G).