The Irish low-cost airline is not complying with Spanish laws and is also refusing any negotiations, according to the responsible Spanish unions USO and Sitcpla. Therefore, the strike will continue every week from Monday to Thursday between August 8th and January 7th, 2023,
It demands compliance with “basic labor rights” such as 22 working days annual leave, 14 statutory public holidays, implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and a wage increase to pre-pandemic levels.
Ryanair’s cabin crew have already scheduled a total of 18 strike days since June 24 and up to Thursday (July 28), which have so far not led to a solution to the labor dispute. These work stoppages led to the cancellation of around 300 flights and around 3,000 delays, the state television broadcaster RTVE reported on Wednesday.
Numerous airports are affected by the Ryanair strikes: in addition to Madrid, Barcelona and Mallorca, Málaga, Seville, Alicante, Valencia, Girona, Ibiza and Santiago de Compostela. Due to the maintenance of “minimum services” required by Spanish legislation during strikes, however, only a – often relatively small – part of the flights may be canceled.
In the case of the Ryanair strikes, for example, the Ministry of Transport recently decided that at least 73 to 82 percent of all planned flights must be completed on the days of the strike, depending on the airport. In Mallorca, the strikes have not caused any major problems so far.
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