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Passengers' Bags to be Returned Monday and Tuesday

Several hundred suitcases remain at Helsinki-Vantaa airport following Friday’s wildcat strike by ground staff. Airline representatives say that the bags should be returned to their owners over the course of Monday and Tuesday.

Matkalaukut liikkuvat kuljetushihnalla.
Image: YLE

Airlines are reminding passengers looking to recover their luggage should not travel to the airport to pick them up. Bags will be forwarded to passengers at the addresses they have given.

Barona Handling Oy and ISS Aviation workers walked off the job on Friday. They returned to work on Saturday. According to the Finnish Aviation Union, the dispute concerned travel benefits for workers who were transferred from Finnair and SAS. Employers were not given advance warning of the strike, and therefore claim it was illegal.

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Sources: YLE