Spanish Air strike

bagand96

Spain’s Air Traffic Controllers Have A Nerve To Vote To Strike

Why let the facts get in the way of a good story hey?!

deeb604

It would seem Thursday is the day of reckoning! Reuters etc all seem to agree on that. It seems they do have to give ten days notice so if they stick to Thursday any strike would be around the 22nd.

DAO_3

The latest news is that the air traffic controllers union are meeting at 5pm today (4pm Uk time) to decide whether to call a strike. This means that a strike could be called from 20th August as they have to give 10 days notice.

McSheep

Please god nooooo, i fly on the 21st

hayleylou30

looks like the strikes are off yipee. deep breath and everything crossed it is all sorted

McSheep

Thank fook, i was almost panicking hahahaha

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gXDiKM49MydX3vPHcVcHGbQNpy7w

spiro

hayleylou30 wrote: »

looks like the strikes are off yipee. deep breath and everything crossed it is all sorted

But they've only said they wont strike in August. As someone whose kids have grown up, I'm going at the begining of September.

marshallka

Seems all OK again now

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1302266/Phew-Spains-air-traffic-controllers-strike.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Spanish air traffic controllers have called off a strike which would have wrecked the holiday plans of hundreds of thousands of Britons.

The USCA union said it will not strike this month because of the disruption it would cause holidaymakers and the impact on the tourism industry, which accounts for 11 per cent of Spain’s economy.

Controllers had voted in favour of a three-day strike which was expected to take place towards the end of August.


Spokesman Cesar Cabo described the decision to cancel the strike as ‘an exercise in responsibility’.
The union is still in talks with ANEA, the Spanish airports authority, which had made cancelling the strike a condition for continuing negotiations.

Air traffic controllers in Spain earn an average of £167,000 a year but object to recent changes in their conditions.
In February the government slashed controllers’ salaries by around 40 per cent after it was revealed some were earning up to £800,000 a year.

The average wage was reduced from £290,000 a year to £167,000. In the UK the same workers earn a basic salary of between £60,000 and £90,000 a year.

Spain is Britons’ most popular holiday destination, with 17million heading there each year.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1302266/Phew-Spains-air-traffic-controllers-strike.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0wOsBxAaC