More than 600 border officers at Heathrow Airport will go on strike for four days in April.
The PCS union announced that strike action will be held from April 11 to 14.
Staff carrying out immigration control and passport control at Heathrow voted 90 per cent to quit the new roster and make changes to shift patterns.
Unions said the changes could see 250 staff at London airports forced out of their jobs by the end of next month.
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “Ministers have 14 days to withdraw these unfair and unnecessary proposals or our members at Heathrow will take industrial action.
“Negotiations with staff have been a farce and our members have been left with little choice over new arrangements.
“Abolition of flexible working arrangements is not a special way to treat staff, whose work, as the government says, is vital to the security of our country.
“Some members are heartbroken that Border Force has become ‘unprofessional and inhumane’.
“If the Government is serious about border security it should consider the job security of Border Force officers, look after its staff, repeal the changes and work with us to protect jobs and working conditions.”
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