all SDP employees (Apron Management Service) or aircraft movements on the ground at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport help The strike started at 0:00 am this Sunday, which did not affect the normal operation of flights.
In a statement to EFE by the spokesperson of the organizing union UGT, it was stated that the strike was supported by 100 percent of the employees of the Skyway company serving at Madrid airport. Not part of minimum services -set for 91% of operations-, they didn’t come to work.
But since one day “Very few flights experience any significant delays” He is at the beginning of the strikes planned to last until January 7.
The same source complains that these workers “miss the right to strike with these artificial minimum services” and do not hesitate to condemn these services as “excessive and unrealistic”.
The same minimum service staff is planned for the busiest day of the year.“There is no point unless they deceive the Ministry with the necessary offer,” he adds, referring to the Skyway company.
Approximately 35 employees of the Skyway company, which receives service in 2022, are being called to mobilization with an offer. 15% lower than previous company And 30% off starting price.
According to the UGT, this reduction resulted in the failure to maintain previous working conditions by taking advantage of the absence of succession and collective agreement, which is an essential service in the public interest.
The union assures that SDP has experienced a growing deterioration in working conditions and service quality in various companies since 2011, which has further exacerbated the problem with Skyway’s current management in an economic context of accumulated inflation of 24% since 2011 It does.
Minimum services determined by Ministry of Transport They reach 91% of operationsUGT highlights that only 58% of international flights and 32% of national flights are guaranteed.
Air navigation manager Enaire stated in his statement that the strike call only affects operators providing Apron Management services at Barajas airport T1-2-3 and T4 terminals, not air traffic control services. A “different and independent” service.
In the same sense, Alternativa Sindical AENA/Enaire (ASAE) explains in a note: Strike affects private and external employees of public companies AENA and Enaire“it has nothing to do with the two public companies.”
ASAE demands that AENA “privatize the SDP conducted in 2011 and return these functions to the staff of public companies Enaire or AENA to avoid conflicts.”