Palma Airport Braces For Ground Staff Strike

Outsourced workers astatine Palma de Mallorca Airport person had enough. This Friday, July 25, from 8 americium to midday, hundreds of them will locomotion disconnected nan occupation successful protestation complete what they telephone “precarious and suffocating” moving conditions — a informing changeable aimed astatine some Aena and nan Balearic Government.

It’s not conscionable astir wages. It’s astir dignity. The group handling baggage, driving vehicles, checking passports, and moving nan crushed unit are sounding nan siren complete inhumane shifts that agelong to 18 and 19 hours without breaks. 

Many of nan Palma Airport workers are tied to unstable contracts of nether 30 hours per week but extremity up moving full-time, without nan benefits, nan Federation of Services, Mobility and Consumption workers national said, adding nan conditions are “unsustainable,” according to Cronica Baleares.

A ‘hellish’ environment

They’re operating successful a ‘hellish environment,’ choked by particulate and deafened by nonstop building noise. Uniforms are inadequate. Vehicles are faulty aliases non-existent. There’s nary cafeteria to beryllium down in, and parking isn’t free. This is nan regular grind of nan invisible hands keeping Spain’s third-busiest airdrome moving — and they’re now saying basta.

The strike, organised by nan FeSMC-UGT and supported by USO and CCOO, will return spot successful nan arrivals hall. The unions insist nan protestation will beryllium peaceful, but they’re clear: if they’re ignored, disruption will escalate, and they’re fresh to bring operations to a halt.

Their demands are nonstop and non-negotiable—legal displacement schedules pinch existent breaks. Stable contracts. Proper cogwheel and resources. Uniforms that don’t melt nether nan sun aliases soak done pinch rain. And yes, free unit parking and an affordable canteen. 

The unions want a spot astatine nan array — pinch Aena, nan Balearic Government, and nan companies profiting from this workforce’s sweat. 

They’re calling for a tripartite speech to hole what they picture arsenic systemic abuse. And they’ve taken note: their hospitality assemblage peers conscionable clinched a 13.5% salary emergence aft threatening action. Now it’s their turn.

Potential Impact

•   Passenger delays: Possible slowed baggage, check-in, aliases passport control
•   Flight disruptions: Especially early to mid-morning
•   Logistical slowdown: Cancellations improbable but delays apt — passengers advised to get early and show formation status

What You Can Do If Travelling

•   Allow plentifulness of clip — purpose to get astatine nan airdrome early connected July 25th
•   Check updates from airlines aliases Aena (Palma Airport charismatic channels)
•   Pack patience — expect longer lines, slower baggage handling
•   Stay informed — show news aliases charismatic airport communications