WORKERS at Liverpool’s John Lennon airport are set to strike over the August bank holiday weekend after rejecting a below-inflation 2 per cent pay rise.

A total of 80 workers in aviation rescue and firefighting services, the control room, engineering and driver operations and airport bird control will join the action after GMB members voted to strike.

They will stage a 36-hour walkout beginning at 7pm on Thursday August 23, followed by a further 12-hour strike beginning at 7am on Monday September 3.

GMB organiser Eddie Parker said Liverpool Airport Ltd had “failed to meet the aspirations of the GMB members,” adding that strike action “will not be suspended unless a 3.6 per cent increase is offered.”

He added: “While Liverpool Airport Ltd has financially invested in developing the airport over recent years, the same sadly cannot be said of their investment in their employees, who have had enough of being taken for granted by their employer.”