Spanish airports will face strikes by Ryanair crew members for the rest of the year. The USO and Sitcpla unions have announced this morning that they are going to call 24-hour strikes from August 8 to January 7, 2023. They will take place every week, from Monday to Thursday.
"Given that Ryanair has not shown the slightest attempt to approach the unions, but, on the contrary, has publicly stated its refusal to enter into any dialogue with the representatives chosen by the crew, USO and Sitcpla have been forced to continue with the strike," says a joint statement issued this morning.
The demands of this new strike call respond to the demands of the workers to make the company comply with Spanish legislation in the ten Spanish bases where it operates, including Barcelona and Girona.
This translates into the application of basic labor rights, such as 22 working days of annual vacation; 14 legally established holidays; realization and reduction of
working day; the payment of salary levels prior to the pandemic, as the National Court has already ruled in its sentences; an end to the hiring of workers through the illegal assignment of workers and respect for the legitimate exercise of the right to strike by workers.
In addition, the unions also request the immediate reinstatement of the 11 workers dismissed during the previous calls in June and July for supporting the constitutional right to strike. They also demand the suspension and filing of all sanctioning files open to approximately 100 workers due to the previous strikes.
To date, the strikes have had little impact on the Irish airline's operations. Since the stoppages began at the end of June, they have affected less than 1% of its scheduled flights in Spain, according to company calculations.
Today, 9 flights have been canceled until 9 in the morning and a total of 42 delays have been recorded. The main airports affected have been Barcelona and Palma, as has become customary.
