TALKS between Manchester Airport and union leaders over new pay and conditions for security staff have broken down with workers planning a further series of one hour stoppages -- and a campaign of de-selection against councillors on the Airport's company boards.

After two hours of talks ended in stalemate, Transport and General Workers Union Regional Secretary Dave McCall said: "It's a gloves off campaign."

The union claim they put forward a better roster system which was rejected by the Airport who had offered an extra 10 per cent pay rise on the original offer in return for security staff working its own roster system.

Mr McCall added: "The Airport are simply refusing to listen to reason.

"We even offered to go to binding arbitration but that was refused. We'll be targeting councillors who sit on the Airport's boards, seeking their de-selection at local elections."

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"We shall also be advising our members of their legal rights. We believe that those who have signed new contracts have done so under duress."

David Teale, Managing Director of Manchester Airport Aviation Services said: "We are bitterly disappointed that the union has rejected our offer which combines a fair pay increase with higher productivity."

He said the union had spent the whole of the consultation period organising strikes and added: "Now on day 84 they call for arbitration, why did they not do this earlier in the dispute, in fact before they called for strike action?"

The dispute began when Manchester Airport bosses originally demanded pay cuts of up to 40 per cent and a new roster system which would increase productivity claiming under the old system some workers were on duty for less than four hours per shift.