Strikes planned at 25 Spanish airports

jpeg · by **jpeg** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:59 pm

Published on Thursday, August 17, 2017

Strikes planned at 25 Spanish airports

Holidaymakers to Spain face more disruption as staff at 25 airports vote for strike action until the end of this year.

Workers, protesting against conditions and low pay, are planning 24-hour stoppages on 25 days between September and December.

Airports due to be affected include include Palma, Alicante, Madrid, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Barcelona.

Car park staff, bag handlers, security, IT, retail and catering staff have all voted to join the industrial action, which is scheduled for five days in September, seven in October, two in November and 11 in December.

The December dates include five consecutive days from December 26-30, designed to cause maximum disruption over Christmas and New Year.

The September dates are 15, 17, 22, 24, and 29.

Spain's three main workers unions - USO, CCOO and UGT - are in dispute with airport operator AENA.

The vote comes as strikes continue at Barcelona's El Prat airport, causing long queues at security controls. Police had to be drafted in to deal with the chaos.
Info taken from Travelmole website

TonTri · by **TonTri** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:53 pm

Thanks Jpeg, I didnt know they had definitely voted to strike, but after consulting with my son-in-law, these are other dates:

1, 6, 11, 15, 27, 30, 31 October

3, 5 November

1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December.

kathyl · by **kathyl** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:38 pm

Guess who is flying out on 22 Sept???

Only booked it yesterday!!!!

cheflady · by **cheflady** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:37 pm

We fly in on 11th October!!

Chico Latino · by **Chico Latino** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:46 pm

We fly to Alicante on the 27th October, and then back to the UK on the 3rd November, but hey, if they are not getting paid enough, they have my full support. Now, I will probably hate them, and call them all sorts of names on the days in question, but that's life Jim.

maisiesdad · by **maisiesdad** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:02 am

We fly to Glasgow 1 December to see Phil Collins/surprise birthday party and back 10 December- strike planned on both dates-wonderful.

Markandbrenda · by **Markandbrenda** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:59 am

Does this mean our flights on 29th September will be cancelled or just delayed? The flight is from gatwick to Alicante.

TonTri · by **TonTri** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:36 am

Markandbrenda wrote:Does this mean our flights on 29th September will be cancelled or just delayed? The flight is from gatwick to Alicante.

Probably just queues to get through security when you land in Alicante. That's what seemed to happen at Barcelona when they had strikes.

donaduo · by **donaduo** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:51 am

Markandbrenda wrote:Does this mean our flights on 29th September will be cancelled or just delayed? The flight is from gatwick to Alicante.

I think it means you'll experience problems/delays with checked on bags

maisiesdad · by **maisiesdad** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:04 pm

Lets hope they reach a settlement soon.

Strikes planned at 25 Spanish airports