Overview

• More than 3,000 Azul Handling baggage handlers will strike at 12 airports from August 15–17 and then every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday through December during early morning, midday and late-evening windows.
• The UGT union is demanding the reversal of penalties for refusing non-mandatory overtime, an end to alleged overtime abuses and improvements to job stability.
• Striking workers must provide legally mandated minimum service levels, but officials have not yet defined how many staff will remain on duty.
• Ryanair says it does not expect any operational disruption despite the planned third-party handling walkouts affecting key holiday routes.
• The Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA) is set to oversee negotiations once minimum service requirements are settled.