TALKS are due to resume today to try and avert a strike at Newcastle Airport.
Managers and trade union officials began negotiations on Friday after baggage handlers voted by three-to-one to reject an improved pay offer.
Transport and General Workers' Union negotiator Joe Keith said: "We hope that a resolution will be found."
The first in a series of one-day strikes is due to take place on Saturday.
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