Spain started the working week with three separate airport-sector strikes still active: • Groundforce ground-handling staff at Barcelona-El Prat (indefinite since 4 August) • Air-traffic-control tower staff employed by private operator Saerco in A Coruña and Jerez (indefinite since 17 April) • Baggage-system maintenance technicians at Madrid-Barajas staging rolling stoppages every Thursday, Friday and Sunday until 30 September. In addition, rail operator Euskotren staged two-hour walk-outs across the Basque Country on Tuesday morning, with further action planned for 17, 21 and 23 September. A previously scheduled Region-of-Murcia bus-and-tram strike concluded Tuesday night after unions reached a pay deal. While contingency staffing has kept minimum services running, Barcelona airport reported average check-in delays of 25 minutes and eight cancelled feeder flights on 15 September. Multinational employers relocating staff to Catalonia for the Mobile & Smart Connectivity Expo next week should advise arriving delegates to travel hand-luggage-only, use fast-track lanes where available and pre-book taxis to avoid lengthy queues at ground-transport stands. According to crowdsourced Strike Tracker data, no new nationwide strikes are scheduled over the next 30 days, but ongoing actions could be escalated if collective-bargaining talks stall. Mobility managers should subscribe to real-time alerts, include buffer days in assignment timelines, and verify that Service-Level Agreements with relocation vendors include strike-day surcharges. For posted workers holding narrow Schengen visas, any missed return flights could trigger overstays, so HR departments should be prepared to file extension requests with Spain’s Policía Nacional.
Source: Strike Tracker
