Overview

• Hotel workers in Tenerife and the western Canary Islands will stage walkouts every Friday from July 4 through August over stalled wage negotiations
• Sindicalistas de Base has set a June 13 deadline for Ashotel and Aero to agree to a 6.5% pay increase before contract talks can resume
• Anti-tourism activists have organized mass protests in the Canary Islands, Majorca, Barcelona and Ibiza on June 15 to demand sustainable tourism measures
• The strikes and demonstrations threaten disruptions to ferry and flight schedules as well as summer changeover days for thousands of holidaymakers
• Residents warn that a 10% rise in visitors to nearly 18 million last year has strained housing, infrastructure and local job security