There's a grim warning to British tourists flying to Spain this summer. Six days of strike action are set to take place later this month and in July by Ryanair's Spanish cabin staff which could impact on UK flights, unions said on Monday.
The industrial action, between June 24 to July 2, is over working conditions and pay, the USO union said. While Ryanair staff in the UK have not announced a strike, it could impact people flying from Britain to Spanish destinations this summer, MirrorOnline reports.
Labour organisations including SITCPLA and USO have demanded improvements to pay and conditions, and say they have "no other option" but to walk out if they're not given. Ryanair walked away from talks with USO and SITCPLA on Tuesday, Bloomberg reports.
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A SITCPLA spokesperson said: "We’re coordinating our actions with European counterparts." And in a joint statement, USO and STCPLA accused Ryanair of acting in bad faith and not being committed to talks.
Negotiations on a collective agreement made "almost made no progress" due to the unions' "unrealistic demands and refusal to meaningfully engage," a letter from Ryanair said following the failed talks.
A spokesperson for Ryanair told The Mirror last week: "Ryanair has negotiated collective agreements covering 90% of our people across Europe. In recent months we have been negotiating improvements to those agreements as we work through the Covid recovery phase. Those negotiations are going well and we do not expect widespread disruption this summer.
"In Spain, we are pleased to have reached a collective agreement with CCOO, Spain’s largest and most representative union, delivering improvements for Spanish-based cabin crew and reinforcing Ryanair’s commitment to the welfare of its cabin crew.
"These announcements by the much smaller USO and SITCPLA unions are a distraction from their own failures to deliver agreements after three years of negotiations and we believe that any strikes they call will not be supported by our Spanish crews."
Ryanair has been contacted for further comment.
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