Tens of thousands of travellers have been issued a warning ahead of widescale industrial action due to take place in Portugal this month. Passengers who have trips booked to Portugal could see their plans turn to chaos as holiday makers are met with further delays and disruption.
Portugal’s Civil Aviation Workers’ Union (SINTAC) and the Commercial Aviation Staff Union (SQAC) are set to walk out across three days. This means that employees could strike in airports across the country if their demands for higher wages are not met, which could include ground handlers, cabin crew, security staff and fire services reports The Liverpool Echo.
Workers in all 10 airports run by ANA airports authority will be affected, which is a concession of the French airports group VINCI. This strike comes after SINTAC rejected the current employment conditions of ANA, which included a 30% reduction in salaries.
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It has been advised that passengers "would be wise" to avoid flying to or from Portugal between Friday, August 19, and Sunday, August 21. These walk-outs are the latest in a series of walkouts that have been experienced across the travel sector.
On Monday, August 8, Ryanair staff in Spain began their latest strike after two cabin crew unions called for a walk out that could potentially last until January 7, 2023. This industrial action will take place every week, from Monday to Thursday, and will last 24 hours, sources from USO have told Euronews. A spokesperson for Ryanair told the Liverpool Echo that the two unions only represent a handful of its Spanish crew.
They continued: "Ryanair expects that these latest threatened strikes, which involve only a handful of our Spanish cabin crew, will have zero impact on our Spanish flights or schedules in August or September. The vast majority of Ryanair’s Spanish cabin crew are represented by the CCOO union who have already reached a labour agreement with Ryanair which covers most of our Spanish cabin crew.”
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