The strike in Iberia's handling (loading or delivery of luggage) concentrates its impact on baggage management. The protests that began on Friday and live their last day this Monday have caused problems in the management of suitcases. "The problems with hundreds of pieces of luggage have been increasing in recent hours," the company acknowledged in a statement this Monday, which mentions Barcelona, Bilbao and Gran Canaria as the most affected airports within the 29 in which it provides the service. .
These days there have been cases of flights that have left without suitcases, delays and diverted flights. The company states that "it will continue working intensely" so that the affected suitcases that have not been loaded on the planes "arrive as soon as possible to their destinations and their owners." This luggage is transported on the first available flights or even by road, he reports. In the four days of strike, 140,000 suitcases were expected to be transported.
Today, Monday, the scheduled flights took off without incident and with 88% punctuality, according to Iberia in a statement. Monitoring among workers without a minimum service letter was 19% on average at 07:30.
Despite it being the last day of the strike, the conflict could remain open. The USO union threatens new calls for Iberia's "immobile" stance. The group, for its part, has insisted these days on the path of dialogue to resolve the conflict. "The strike is not the solution," he said in a statement.
Iberia, for its part, has insisted these days on the path of dialogue to resolve the conflict. "The strike is not the solution," he said in a statement.
The strike was called by the CC.OO unions. and UGT, and USO has joined it, after Iberia lost the handling service in several of the main Spanish airports in the tender failed by the airport manager Aena in September, and the negotiations to carry out autohandling in them ended without agreement, consisting of Iberia providing itself with that service where it has lost the provision.
The main claim of the unions is that by subrogating themselves to the new companies that will operate the service, the workers will lose working conditions and even their jobs. Iberia maintains that "all jobs, as well as salary conditions and social benefits, are guaranteed by the V Sector Agreement in all subrogation processes." "There is neither destruction of employment nor elimination of jobs."
