Workers at UK pilots union British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) have voted in favour of strike action next month in a dispute over pensions and salaries.

Thirty-three members of the GMB union, who work for BALPA, have voted to take strike action on 2 July. GMB says the dispute relates to the closure of BALPA’s pension scheme to new entrants, changes to the scheme to existing members and notice given by BALPA that it intends to impose a pay rise.

Talks between the two have so far failed to broker a deal. GMB organiser David Kent says: “There is no economic justification for these changes because BALPA is one of the most successful and financially-robust trade unions in the UK.

“No employer, let alone a trade union, should impose changes to terms and conditions of employment without the agreement of its own staf

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