Security workers at Barcelona airport to resume strike in October
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 @ 1:32 PM
BARCELONA airport security workers will resume their strike on October 6, but will not do so in September, their union representatives confirm.
The franchise firm, Eulen, has agreed not to sack or fine those employees who failed to provide the stipulated minimum services during the earlier summer strikes, which was one of security staff's requests, and in return, the planned industrial action for September will not go ahead.
Other demands, which include a €250-a-month pay rise to be paid on the basis of a 15-month year – or three double payments – are very unlikely to be agreed.
The Spanish government appointed an abitrator, a last resort if a strike cannot be resolved in any other way, and halfway-house measures have been drawn up.
But staff say Eulen is not complying with many of the terms.
These include not firing or sanctioning the workers who failed to provide minimum services, a condition that has been fulfilled, but those concerning a guarantee that employees can have a lunch break and stop to go to the toilet during their shift have not, the unions claim.
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