Spanish air traffic controllers have called off their 12-hour strike planned for tomorrow, October 3, after reaching an agreement with management over penalties imposed on controllers for a 2010 stoppage. The penalties will be dropped.
The controllers have struck several times over the past year and change. They are unhappy over both the impasse in contract negotiations, and the penalties that were imposed on a number of Barcelona-area controllers for a work stoppage in 2010. That strike involved many more workers, but only the Barcelona group still faced penalties.
The union and Enaire, the corporation that manages Spain’s air traffic control have agreed to re-open contract negotiations.
