Ramp agents working for Swissport at Leeds-Bradford airport say have won their fight for additional de-icing payments and have called off proposed industrial action that could have brought the airport to a standstill this Christmas. #leedsbradford
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00:00Hello, my name is Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post. Some major breaking news affecting Leeds Bradford Airport over Christmas.
00:09Ramp agents working for Swissport at Leeds Bradford Airport say they have won their fight for additional de-icing payments
00:18and have called off proposed industrial action that could have brought the airport to a standstill this Christmas.
00:26Workers at the airport had been due to take action from the 19th of December to the 4th of January
00:33after they were denied a bonus payment for additional de-icing duties in cold weather.
00:38However, Sharon Graham of the trade union Unite says she's delighted that members have won the payment they were fighting for.
00:46So some major breaking news about Leeds Bradford Airport.
00:50Ramp agents working for Swissport have called off proposed action over Christmas.
00:56My name's Greg Wright, I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.