The strike of Ryanair cabin crew stationed in Spain will continue for an additional twelve days; it will take place from July 12 to 15, from July 18 to 21, and from July 25 to 28 in the ten airports in Spain where the Irish firm has operations.
As a result of a strike that took place on Saturday involving cabin staff members from easyJet and Ryanair, 15 flights to and from Spain were canceled, while 175 others were delayed. The unions representing Ryanair’s employees predicted that the strike would continue for another a dozen days.
According to a statement released by the unions, as of thirteen o’clock on Saturday, five flights operated by easyJet and ten flights operated by Ryanair had been called off. In addition, 175 additional flights, including 52 operated by easyJet and 123 operated by Ryanair, were delayed.
At Ryanair, representatives of the Spanish USO union have also stated that new work stoppages will take place over the course of three periods of four days each: from the 12th to the 15th of July, from the 18th to the 21st of July, and from the 25th to the 28th of July at the ten airports in Spain in which the Irish company operates.
“After six days of strike action, and given the company’s unwillingness to listen to its staff and its preference for leaving thousands of passengers grounded rather than sitting down to negotiate a deal under Spanish law, we were forced to call for new days of strike action,” said USO spokeswoman Lidia Arasanz. “After six days of strike action, and given the company’s unwillingness to listen to its staff and its preference for leaving thousands of passengers grounded rather than sitting down to negotiate a deal under Spanish law.”
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as on July 15, 16, 17, 29, and 30, about 450 cabin staff members from easyJet were asked to participate in a strike. They want the working circumstances that they have to be the same as those of everyone else in Europe.
On June 24, a social campaign was initiated at Ryanair with the objective of requesting improved working conditions for the company’s 1,900 cabin crew members located in Spain.
The Irish corporation claims that it is the business that transports the greatest number of people in the Spanish market, and it does so by operating “more than 650 routes” out of the 27 airports in Spain from where it does business there.
Employees of the corporation in Portugal, Belgium, Italy, and France went on strike with their counterparts in the United Kingdom during the first phase of the strike that took place last week. They requested that the local labor rules be respected as well as an increase in their salary.
According to the USO union, since the beginning of the strike at Ryanair, which has so far consisted of two separate three-day periods, “more than 200 flights” have been cancelled and “almost 1,000” others have been delayed. In the absence of a solution, more work stoppages will almost certainly produce the same amount of disruption.