From Wednesday to Friday, December 20 and 22, metro train drivers are on strike in Madrid, and a large-scale action at the main airport of the Spanish capital, Barajas, begins on Thursday. This is what the European media is writing about.
Train drivers in the Madrid metro stopped trains from 5 on Wednesday, December 20. to 9 a.m. The action will also continue on Thursday and Friday. The union is demanding higher wages, postponements of retirement dates, or longer vacations. If an agreement is not reached in December, the demarche will be repeated from January 8 to 12, 2018. On these days, train traffic is planned to be stopped from 05:30 to 09:30.
The protests are joined by employees of the Barajas airport control service. According to Euro Weekly News, the strike will last until January 8. The workers will suspend their activities every day from 5.30 to 6.30, from 10.30 to 11.30, from 14.00 to 15.00, from 19.00 to 20.00. The union is demanding better working conditions.
Passengers flying to Moscow on these days on Siberia Airlines flights at 11:40, Air Europa at 11:25, Aeroflot at 11:25 should be prepared for departure delays.
Source: news.turizm.ru