Strikes have become a regular occurrence in Europe, as numerous employees in various companies of the travel and tourism sector have decided to withhold their labor.
The reason behind this resistance is the employees demanded improved pay and better working conditions.
While a number of walkouts have been announced months in advance, there are those that took place last minute.
Consequently, people traveling within or to the continent have been advised to check that their mode of transportation is going to operate as scheduled beforehand.
In line with this, the relevant authorities have expressed concern over the number of strikes in several countries, which have disrupted the sector to a significant extent.
Spain
The ground services staff in Iberia previously added that they will be proceeding with the strikes they planned months in advance.
As a result, they did not provide labor on New Year. This happened shortly after several negotiations failed and the employees and management were unable to reach an agreement.
Moreover, Iberia’s staff had been planned to take an industrial action back in December. However, they decided to postpone it.
Now, the suspended industrial action is all set to take place on the 5th to 8th January, when the employees of Iberia will walk out in cohesion.
As a result of this strike, a total of 29 airports will suffer the consequences. All of these airports are where the flag carriers of Spain regularly operate.
These include Barcelona-El Prat, Seville, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, and Madrid-Barajas.
Strikes
These strikes by the ground services workers of Iberia have been called various times before over rights and working conditions.
This has been further exacerbated with the company’s decision to outsource its workers to a number of other companies.
As part of the strikes, other airlines are also believed to suffer impact. These flights are likely to be those that are in the IAG Group, which includes Air Nostrum, British Airways, Level, Iberia Express, Vueling, and Aer Lingus.
Meanwhile, a similar situation has taken place at the Alicante-Elche airport, where private security staff has revealed an upcoming strike.
They have argued over better conditions and pay, but have not had much success with the relevant authorities of the airport.
In addition, employees of Ilunion Seguridad walked out previously between the 22nd and 31st of December. They are further scheduled to do the same until the 14th of January as well.
Strike action in various other locations will be taking place for a total of two hours every day, which will have a significant impact on baggage handling and security controls.
London
Moreover, the London Underground has been predicted to come a halt in the new year, as employees have planned to stage a seven-day long rolling strike on account of pay.
Between the 5th and 12th of January, employees working in different days will be walking out on planned days, adding chaos to the entire network.
It is believed that commuters will be hit the worst between the 8th and 10th of January, when most stations are expected to have a lesser number of staff.
