Brits face holiday hell over New Year as hundreds of Spanish airport workers go on strike because it’s TOO COLD

About 300 workers with the concessionary company Eulen went on strike at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas airport on December 21st and say they will not resume work until at least January 21.

The strike has been called by the union, Alternativa Sindical and effects all security officers who patrol inside and outside the airport, including around its borders.

The union says workers have not been paid a bonus as promised during early negotiations.

And it also claims the "law of prevention of occupational hazards" is being contravened because the company is not providing the security officers with adequate warm clothing during chilly weather.

The strike committee says negotiations have failed to reach an agreement and is accusing Eulen management of "contempt" for the working conditions of its staff in Barajas.

It is alleged the company "persists in its breaches" in wages and labour.

The union also criticise the attitude of the management of the airport and of the airport authority, Aena,

Eulen itself says the strike  is "almost imperceptible".

But it claims this is because it has brought in extra staff and has criticised the Spanish Government's ruling that even during industrial action, 95 per cent of the services should be covered.

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