Gate Gourmet and workers come to agreement in bitter dispute - 10/03/05

By Jesse Russell

A bitter dispute between airline catering company Gate Gourmet and workers in the UK is close to being resolved. The company, in an attempt to reduce costs at Heathrow Airport, had slashed more than 650 jobs resulting in a solidarity walkout by ground staff at British Airways grounding more than 700 flights. On Wednesday workers voted overwhelemingly to support a deal that would give nearly 400 of the workers their jobs back.