Will airport unions in the UK shut down airports during January?

They’ve voted to strike, so it certainly seems likely. Via MSN.UK:

The Unite union said its members will walk out three times next month in protest at the closure to new employees of the final salary-linked pension scheme of airport operator BAA.

“Without doubt, in my view, it will result in the closure of those seven airports during that timeframe,” its National Aviation Secretary Brendan Gold told a news conference. “There will be a huge amount of disruption.”

Union members will stage three strikes: two 24-hour walkouts starting at 6 a.m. on January 7 and January 14 and a further 48-hour strike from 6 a.m. on January 17.

Those taking part include fire crews, security staff and clerical workers.

The strike will affect the country’s biggest airport Heathrow, as well as Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.

Oh yeah. That would be a great start for the UK economy in 2008.