The Spanish air traffic controllers’ union (USCA) has called for four days of strikes in June to protest punishment of 61 controllers for a 2010 strike.
The strikes will take place on June 8, 10, 12 and 14; each will last from 10 am to noon and again from 6 to 8 pm, according to the union’s announcement.
The 2010 strike is still a matter of controversy; Enaire, the agency that runs flight operations at Spanish airports (different from Aena, which runs the terminals) says the 61 Barcelona controllers forced the shutdown of Spanish airspace for a time; the union says that Enaire called the shutdown and the controllers were merely complying.
The 61 controllers were each fined a month’s salary and suspended for a month—because a shortage of trained controllers has meant they are needed on duty. The suspensions are postponed to 2016; they union wants them revoked.
Photo: passengers waiting during 2010 strike. The Local.es MORE
