ISSUE NO. 1432
13 - 19
DECEMBER
2012
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Iberia strike called off
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Duty free shopping
HOLIDAY REPRIEVE: But new strike dates may be set after Christmas. THE six-day strike planned by Iberia for the run-up to Christmas has been called off. Industrial action was planned
for tomorrow (Friday), and Monday to Friday (December 1721) but according to the spokesman for the airline sector
of the General Workers’ Union (UGT), Francisco Rodriguez, they have been called off ‘to avoid problems for people who are travelling’. The strike committee met this week to study the possibility of setting new dates for the strikes He thought out his plan after being after Christmas, but at moved by two high-profile eviction-related the time of going to suicides: a Granada man and a Barakaldo Press, exact details were woman who killed themselves moments unknown. The strikes before being evicted. are in protest at Iberia’s For the family chosen to live in Eulogio’s plans to dismiss 4,500 Vera home, he is asking for two conditions staff members and cut to be met. Firstly the family must stay for salaries by up to 35 per a minimum of two years and secondly the cent. family will be responsible for the electricity There are also plans to and water bills while he will pay the cancel 15 per cent of municipal taxes. routes and ground 25 planes, as well as making changes to maintenance and ground services. Iberia will no longer operate flights to Santo Domingo, La Habana, Athens, Cairo and Istanbul.
Pensioner offers home to evictees AN evicted family could be re-homed thanks to the generosity of a pensioner. Eulogio Carmona, aged 64, has decided to allow a familiy to live in his second home in Vera rent-free after being touched by the plight of Spain’s homeless. The Motril native, who now lives in Mataro (Barcelona), said: “I made my decision and put the offer on my Twitter account.” With his act of kindness Eulogio aims ‘to reach where the government cannot’.
THE World Duty Free Group España SA company will take over the duty-free at Almeria Airport, along with shops at another 10 Spanish airports, bringing the total number of stores it will run up to 26.
New clients MEXICO and Venezuela buy more than 35 per cent of the meat products exported from Almeria, mainly legs of ham and sausages. The top client for meat exports is Andorra.
Food help MORE than 60,000 people in Almeria Province receive food from charities. This means that in 2012, the number of people needing help has risen to 10 per cent of the population.
Parking joy THE maximum amount of time which drivers are permitted to remain in the blue zone areas in Almeria City has been increased to three hours.