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Air traffic controllers strike
NEW strike action has been called in Spain’s aviation sector. On Wednesday, January 18, air traffic control members of the Usca (Air Traffic Controllers Union) and CC OO voted to go on strike, as reported by a local news source.
Vueling cabin crew members of Stavla are already conducting action, while maintenance technicians at Air Nostrum also called for strikes which were to begin on Monday January 23.
This latest strike will affect the personnel working in the privatised control towers of 16 national airports. Industrial action will take place for 24 hours, every Monday, on January 30, February 6, 13, 20 and 27.
The airport control towers affected will be those in, A Coruña, AlicanteElche, Castellon, Cuatro Vientos, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Jerez, Lanzarote, La Palma, Lleida, Murcia, Sabadell, Sevilla, Valencia and Vigo.
As announced by both unions in a statement, a decision has been made because of the ‘failure of the negotiations’, with 162 air traffic control workers involved in the action. They declared that negotiations with the business association APCTA had broken down.
