Threats of possible strikes.

[Teacu]

Don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but according to the MDB there is a possibility of strikes at Palma airport on specific days during September, October, November and December

 

[sws97sdg]

Yes saw this, starting the 15th I believe up to the 22nd, then from the 24th again, it's just one thing after another isn't it!

 

[katsmum]

It really won't take much more for tourists to go elsewhere and I'm saying this as a visitor of more than 20 odd years

 

[sws97sdg]

List of dates of planned strikes, we are due to fly back to the UK on the 23rd!!!

September: 15, 17, 22, 24 and 29
October; 1, 6, 11, 15, 27, 30 and 31
November: 3 and 5
December: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30

 

[copper]

We are due to go back 17th Sept so we will have to wait and see what happens

At least we will be able to get out there !

 

[katsmum]

We fly back on 15th. Who exactly is on strike

 

[P&C@29]

with the ban on renting private apartments and now all these strike days plus anti tourism demonstrations, people will take there holidays where they are welcomed and not harangued !!

 

[sws97sdg]

Its by Aena who manage the airports, their workers are threatening to strike, hope it doesn't happen!

 

[Sparky]

You can read the full story here :- https://majorcadailybulletin.com/ne...ions-call-airport-strikes-from-september.html

 

[smg]

update - please remove link if not allowed

The latest on Spain’s planned airport strikes | Olive Press News Spain

 

[marilyn]

Good news as I am flying on 15th!

 

[smg]

Talks today...any news? nowt on google

 

[Sparky]

Strikes suspended, more talks next Tuesday.

 

[smg]

thanks Sparky...reluctant to book flights for this month as both proposed travel dates were on the original list.....I know that Spanish strike threats often fizzle out, but equally have been caught out with cancellations in the last few years which have cost us money, time & grief....getting too old for that now....Greece / Cyprus beckon.....

 

[smg]

sorry, have they definitely ruled out any September dates, per last climbdown?

 

[Sparky]

Here is a translation from this report :- https://ultimahora.es/noticias/naci...volveran-negociar-fomento-proximo-martes.html

The CCOO , UGT and USO unions in the Aena Group have decided to suspend the 25-day strike scheduled for late September after the "substantial breakthrough" in the negotiations and the "novel approach" presented by Fomento on Thursday at the meeting in the headquarters of the Ministry, have reported to union sources.

In addition to union representatives, the meeting was attended by the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing and President of Enaire, Julio Gómez-Pomar, and the President of Aena, José Manuel Vargas. According to sources consulted by Europa Press, Gómez-Pomar has made a positive proposal for the unions that will be discussed in a new meeting next Tuesday, the 12th.

In this way, and faced with the possibility of achieving their objectives, the unions have chosen to suspend the call for 25 days of strike from the end of September that were to present this Friday. "There was an opportunity to negotiate," they have said since CCOO.

Trade unions say that Aena workers have lost 8% of the start of the crisis and 2.8% since 2013, when the company has left behind the "red numbers", and demand a salary increase higher than 1 % and a linear pay linked to benefits for the entire workforce.

In the same way, they demand a replacement rate that goes beyond 100% - they count in 700 the necessary numbers - before the increase of 18% in productivity, as well as the extension of the current collective agreement until 2021.

On Thursday, an agreement would have been reached on the extension of the agreement, and progress has been made on the issue of the replacement rate, according to the trade unions, with the economic fringe pending for next Tuesday's meeting, where they will again sit with Fomento and Aena.

 

[marilyn]

Phew. That's a relief!