Galicia’s long-running wage dispute escalated again this week as inter-urban bus drivers in A Coruña province launched a fresh wave of strikes. After walking out on 13 January, drivers will stop work again on 16, 19, 20 and 23 January. Services on routes under 25 km are slashed by up to 50 %, while many longer lines are limited to a single daily round-trip.
Minimum-service decrees guarantee skeleton links to Santiago de Compostela (SCQ) and A Coruña (LCG) airports, but frequencies are far below normal. Business travellers face longer waits, scarce seats and costly taxi rides—an acute headache for pharmaceutical and textile exporters who depend on commuter staff and fly-in auditors. Rail services remain intact, yet the loss of feeder buses complicates the last mile for visiting engineers and project teams.
![A Coruña inter-urban bus strike cuts airport links, threatens wider mobility through 23 January]()
Several multinational plants in Arteixo and Narón have activated car-pool and hotel-shuttle contingencies to keep production lines running. Mobility managers should advise travellers to pre-book taxis, consider renting cars or rerouting through Vigo or Porto, and monitor union channels for a possible indefinite strike from 2 February—just weeks before the Mobile World Congress draws thousands of delegates to nearby Barcelona.
Employers with posted-worker obligations must document any strike-related delays that could affect working-time limits or project milestones, as Spanish labour authorities may grant leeway when disruptions are beyond the assignee’s control.
Minimum-service decrees guarantee skeleton links to Santiago de Compostela (SCQ) and A Coruña (LCG) airports, but frequencies are far below normal. Business travellers face longer waits, scarce seats and costly taxi rides—an acute headache for pharmaceutical and textile exporters who depend on commuter staff and fly-in auditors. Rail services remain intact, yet the loss of feeder buses complicates the last mile for visiting engineers and project teams.
Several multinational plants in Arteixo and Narón have activated car-pool and hotel-shuttle contingencies to keep production lines running. Mobility managers should advise travellers to pre-book taxis, consider renting cars or rerouting through Vigo or Porto, and monitor union channels for a possible indefinite strike from 2 February—just weeks before the Mobile World Congress draws thousands of delegates to nearby Barcelona.
Employers with posted-worker obligations must document any strike-related delays that could affect working-time limits or project milestones, as Spanish labour authorities may grant leeway when disruptions are beyond the assignee’s control.
Source: VisaHQ Global Mobility News
