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The GMB union has welcomed today’s announcement, but it says the travel sector still needs a lot more government support. It says 51% of aviation workers are still on furlough. Nadine Houghton, the GMB national officer, said:
Today’s changes are welcome – and will ease the pressure on a sector that’s been hit harder than almost any other.
But they’re not enough. More than half of the UK’s 300,000 aviation workers remain on furlough.
Read the original article at The Guardian