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Air Europa announces fresh wave of strikes in Spain
Airline pilots across Spain will again down tools at the end of May and the beginning of June
The industrial action already undertaken by Air Europa pilots at the beginning of May might not have caused as much travel disruption as initially feared but the latest wave of strikes is designed to hit summer holidaymakers where it hurts.
The Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (Sepla) has just announced the call for eight new strike days on May 22, 23, 25, 26, 29 and 30 and June 1 and 2 at all bases and workplaces in Spain. The union has criticised the airline’s lack of interest in resolving the conflict by failing to address “the legitimate labour and salary demands of the workers after the call for a four-day strike in the first week of May."
Moreover, pilots have vowed to continue striking throughout the summer if their demands for higher pay and improved working conditions aren’t met.
The union won a small victory this week when the Spanish National Court accepted its appeal against the Ministry of Transport for enforcing a minimum services clause on airline workers, which ensures that the majority of flights remain unaffected by industrial action and keeps the country’s airports and tourist industry ticking over during times of unrest.
Sepla has argued that the application of minimum services impedes the pilots’ constitutional right to strike and instead protects the interests of Air Europa bosses.
The union stressed that it is “abusive” for the government to have labelled more than 90% of the airline’s flights as minimum services during the strike dates earlier this month.
In other news: Spain confirms hottest April in 60 years
Image: Air Europa
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