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Ground Crew Strikes Put 2 Million Seats at Risk for August Flights

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Ground Crew Strikes Put 2 Million Seats at Risk for August Flights [The Tech Times] 31-07-2026


IFJ and EFJ stand in solidarity with elDiario.es over criminal defamation lawsuit [IFJ] 28-07-2026


/ Spain Strikes Disrupt Waste Collections in Germany and Spain as Retail Workers Join Protests [Ad Hoc News] 19-07-2026


/ Spain Outsourced workers in Italy and Spain strike for AI job protections [UNI Global Union] 15-07-2026


Airbus Workers in Spain Launch Nationwide Strike Over Working Conditions [AeroXplorer] 11-07-2026



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Ground Crew Strikes Put 2 Million Seats at Risk for August Flights 2026-07-31 [The Tech Times]

IFJ and EFJ stand in solidarity with elDiario.es over criminal defamation lawsuit 2026-07-28 [IFJ]

Palma Airport strike warning as ground staff walkouts threaten holiday disruption 2026-07-26 [EuroWeekly]

Spain Algeria’s Harraga: 4,000 Reach Spain in Two Days as Migration Becomes Political Leverage 2026-07-21 [COSYFOP]

Spain Strikes Disrupt Waste Collections in Germany and Spain as Retail Workers Join Protests 2026-07-19 [Ad Hoc News]

Spain Outsourced workers in Italy and Spain strike for AI job protections 2026-07-15 [UNI Global Union]

Global ITUC Cites Spain Policy Ahead Of UN Development Forum For more info 2026-07-14 [The Labour Pulse]

Europe Airbus Workers Strike in Spain Over Pay and Working Conditions For more info 2026-07-12 [The Labour Pulse]

Airbus Workers in Spain Launch Nationwide Strike Over Working Conditions 2026-07-11 [AeroXplorer]

Abandoned and unpaid: seafarers left stranded, owed $68,000 in Las Palmas 2026-07-10 [ITF]

Spain ILO Launches Care Cooperative Programme for Palestinian Workers as Economy Contracts For more info 2026-07-10 [The Labour Pulse]

Ubisoft Barcelona staff strike over proposed layoffs 2026-07-02 [Pocket Gamer]

CCOO and UGT pressure Labor to adapt the equal pay directive and activate the new timekeeping 2026-07-02 [Demócrata]

Spanish public workers strike against government cuts - Madrid 2026-06-29 [Reuters]

Valencian Education Ministry Begins Salary Deductions for Teachers’ Strike 2026-06-28 [Russpain]

Valencian Teachers Face Excessive Salary Deductions Over Strike Days 2026-06-28 [Russpain]

The Renfe strike this Monday will cancel 320 trains and set minimum services of 73% on High Speed 2026-06-28 [Demócrata]

Ubisoft Barcelona To Strike Over Layoffs 2026-06-28 [TechPowerUp]

Madrid teachers call for an indefinite strike starting October 14 2026-06-25 [Demócrata]

Medical Union deems Sanidad’s offer “shameful and unacceptable” and upholds regional strike in the Canaries 2026-06-23 [Tenerife Weekly]

Residence workers in Gipuzkoa continue indefinite strike 2026-06-21 [Diario Euskadi]

Europe While Brussels Chooses Deregulation, Madrid Chooses Workers: EFFAT rallies along 10,000 for Quality Jobs 2026-06-19 [EFFAT]

TV3 workers reduce their strike call during the 'Telenotícies' to ten minutes 2026-06-19 [Diari ARA]

The 83% of voters in Tarragona supported the protest but the majority union agrees to end the strike 2026-06-19 [APD]

Airport strikes set to cause travel chaos 2026-06-18 [Wales Online]

Txingudiko Zerbitzuak employees intensify protests after 165 days of strike 2026-06-18 [Diario]

UGT and CCOO strike at Iberdrola again over ‘Just Transition’ that leaves workers behind 2026-06-18 [IndustriALL]

UGT and CCOO strike at Iberdrola again over ‘Just Transition’ that leaves workers behind 2026-06-17 [IndustriALL]

Unai Sordo (CCOO): 'General strike? I'm more for going to guerrilla warfare and straining the agreements' 2026-06-12 [Demócrata]

Striking teachers aim to 'collapse' Barcelona for arrival of the Pope 2026-06-09 [Catalan News]

Moroccan seasonal worker dies in Huelva sparking calls for investigation 2026-06-09 [Yabiladi]

Spain Telefónica Union Alliance meets management in São Paulo 2026-05-27 [UNI Global Union]

Unions determined to organise new battery factories 2026-05-26 [IndustriAll Europe]

Historic rise in foreign workers sees Spain reach new milestone as female employment climbs 2026-05-14 [EuroWeekly]

The unions set the strike follow-up at 70% in Catalonia, but the Government only counts teachers 2026-05-13 [APD]

Nursery strike could affect thousands of families 2026-05-07 [In Spain]

The refinery strike on May 27 mobilizes 20,000 workers and seeks early retirement 2026-05-07 [APD]

Thousands march in Palma in the Mallorca May Day demonstration against war and for housing 2026-05-01 [Majorca Daily Bulletin]

Madrid Nursery Workers Removed from Council Chamber After Protests 2026-04-29 [RusSpain]

CCOO Threatens Nationwide Transport Strike Over Driver Retirement Delay 2026-04-28 [Visa HQ]

Petrol strike cancelled: Spanish unions reach a 2026 pay deal to stop fuel closures 2026-04-24 [EuroWeekly]

Nursery workers in Spain to strike in May 2026-04-22 [The Local]

Immigration workers cancel strike after deal to ease workload 2026-04-21 [The Economic Times]

Spain IMF figures show EU must follow Spanish investment 2026-04-20 [ETUC]

Union warns of strikes and summer of discontent in Spain if companies do not raise workers’ wages 2026-04-16 [The Daily Bulletin]

6 of la Suiza update - they are free! 2026-04-12 [ICL-CIT]

Airport strikes: 'Thousands of suitcases' abandoned as chaos continues 2026-04-03 [Aberdeen Live]

Strikes at 12 airports Wednesday update as unions say planes taking off with unloaded luggage 2026-04-01 [The Mirror]

Unions celebrate ‘chaos’ caused by airport strikes with thousands of suitcases left unattended: rallies called for next week 2026-04-01 [The Daily Bulletin]

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This month in labour history

2-07-1855 A massive 10-day general strike takes place in Catalonia against the introduction of machinery in the textile sector. Declared illegal, it is punished by prison terms, deportation, corporal punishment, and threats of the death penalty. [more]

26-07-1909 General strike. Conscription of the "poor" to fight in the war against Moroccan workers provokes fury. The well-to-do escaped the war by paying. In Barcelona, factories, workshops, stores, stationary trams, railways, telegraphs are shut. [more]

27-07-1909 Day 2 of the general strike against the sending of reservists to suppress workers in Morocco. Anger against the Church for its support for the state. In Barcelona, 80 buildings belonging to the Church are set on fire. [more]