Madrid, Spain \u2013 Airbus employees at most of its Spanish sites have begun a strike that will last until the end of July, protesting what unions describe as deteriorating working conditions.<\/p>\n
This comes amid warnings that the ongoing crisis could affect aircraft<\/p>\n
delivery schedules and production in the coming months.<\/p>\n
Protests over wages and working conditions<\/p>\n
The Independent Union of Aviation Professionals explained that the strike was in protest against several issues,<\/p>\n
most notably wage increases that fall short of inflation rates and stricter attendance monitoring procedures.<\/p>\n
They added that office staff are also being required to spend more time at their workplaces.<\/p>\n
The union emphasized that these measures have driven workers to escalate their protests,<\/p>\n
demanding improved working conditions and a response to their demands.<\/p>\n
The strike has spread to company sites<\/p>\n
The strike began at the Airbus plant in Getafe, near Madrid,<\/p>\n
before spreading to other locations and gaining support from additional unions.<\/p>\n
However, the Spanish Workers\u2019 Commissions (CCTE), the company\u2019s largest union, has not joined the current action.<\/p>\n
The union announced that it may call for an open-ended strike starting<\/p>\n
September 7 if no agreement is reached with management regarding the workers\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n
Concerns about production and delivery<\/p>\n
The unions warned that a continued strike would significantly impact aircraft delivery schedules<\/p>\n
and production operations during the final four months of the year at all Airbus sites in Spain.<\/p>\n
The company is under pressure to meet its target of delivering 870 aircraft this year.<\/p>\n
At the same time, it is facing supply chain challenges.<\/p>\n
Airbus employs more than 14,000 workers at eight sites in Spain, where it produces military transport aircraft,<\/p>\n
commercial aircraft parts, and satellites. The Getafe plant is the company\u2019s third largest worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madrid, Spain \u2013 Airbus employees at most of its Spanish sites have begun a strike that will last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13021],"tags":[4616,28124,32389,230,32390,1035,8863,2425,2426,32391,32392],"class_list":["post-49133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-airbus","tag-airbus","tag-airplanes","tag-satellite","tag-spain","tag-spanish-workers","tag-strike","tag-unions","tag-voice-of-emirates","tag-voice-of-emirates-website-news","tag-wages","tag-workers-strike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}