Heathrow Airport: Damian Green

London Dept: LONDON - Britain's border control union said Wednesday it has set a strike date for May 10 as part of its dispute with the government over retirement ages, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Long lines at London's Heathrow Airport some visitors have reported waits of more than two hours to have their passports checked have become the subject of national concern with the country preparing to host the Olympics from July 27-Aug.12 and britain's Immigration Minister Damian Green, left, talks to UK Border Agency Immigration officer Shafait Ali during a visit to Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport, London Tuesday May 1, 2012. Green says that the government is taking action to address long waits at airport immigration lines amid further criticism from an airline executive. Green on Monday said that Britain's border force would deploy extra staff at London's Heathrow Airport amid growing furor over snaking lines at the airport's immigration desks that some passengers claimed stretched for hours. London's mayor warned Monday that long delays for passengers arriving at the city's largest airport risk damaging Britain's reputation in the run-up to this summer's Olympic Games. AP Photo/ Steve Parsons/PA Wire UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE The strike by the union, which represents 4,500 border control officers who check passports and bags at customs, comes at a time of great tension at U.K. checkpoints. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.