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29th Aug 2017

Further strikes at Barcelona airport starting 8 September

Security workers at Barcelona’s El Prat airport have called for another round of strikes starting on Friday 8^th September to demand better working conditions and more staff.

Employees of airport security company Eulen have held a series of short stoppages since early August, resulting in waiting times of several hours during peak tourist season. After an all-day meeting on Sunday, Eulen workers voted unanimously to stop work for two hour-long periods every Friday from September 8^th.

Barcelona El Prat, the second busiest airport in Spain after Madrid’s Barajas, is a major hub for international airlines and a destination for tourists visiting Spain’s north-eastern Mediterranean coast. Earlier this month, the Spanish government said the Civil Guard would handle security controls at the airport to limit disruptions.