Ara Balears in English - handling

The National Court confirms the fines for two consultancies of the cartel that manipulated public tenders throughout the State, also in the Balearic Islands

ARA Balears — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:28:24 +0000

The National Court has confirmed the sanctions imposed by the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) on Regio Plus Consulting and Hidria, Ciencia, Ambiente y Desarrollo, two of the companies that participated in a cartel aimed at manipulating public tenders for at least a decade. The consultancy firms will have to pay 33,744 and 11,979 euros, respectively, fines imposed by the CNMC in 2021.

Social manipulation and synthetic reality

Pere Perelló — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:15:32 +0000

Many families don't suspect that they're living with digital trolls and coordinated bots in their homes and that their teenage children have become night owls on Vox's farms. We were taught that realities were either objective or subjective; today our children have transformed them into synthetic ones. Therefore, we shouldn't be surprised that in the next elections (whatever they may be), despite having raised young people within a moderate center-right environment or a domesticated or liquefied socialism, young people will overwhelmingly vote for the far right. What's happening? What's happening to us? Is it happening all over the Western world? When and how did this process of manipulation begin? Who are the people, or are they, who are running this global network? What's their profile?

The unions' fight to end the handling strike: "We cannot allow workers to be slaves."

Laura López Rigo — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:32:19 +0000

Unions continue negotiations with companies handling to put an end to the strike staff that has caused delays in baggage collection and canceled flights at some airports in Spain, including Son Sant Joan. UGT is asking subcontracted companies to Aena "that they value their workers and abide by the signed agreements," explains José Negreira, secretary of the UGT airline sector in the Balearic Islands. "We cannot allow them to be slaves. We want them to have a normal life," he denounces.

Two flights were canceled and baggage claim was delayed in Palma on the third day of the airport handling strike.

ARA Balears — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:08:06 +0000

Palma airport has recorded two cancelled flights and delays in baggage claim on the third day of the strike by airport staff. handling at airports throughout the country. This was reported by the Secretary of Trade Union Action and Collective Bargaining of FeSMC UGT Baleares, José Manuel Peces, who attributed the two flight cancellations and the delays, "of almost an hour," to the baggage claim at Son Sant Joan airport and the strike by ground staff at Menzies Airlines.

"Working poor" at Palma airport: Groundforce staff gather due to "unsustainable" conditions

ARA Balears — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:23:17 +0000

Workers at Groundforce, the main operator of handling At Palma Airport, they raised their voices against what they consider an "unsustainable" labor situation. The union branches of CCOO, UGT, and USO, members of the company committee, gathered this Wednesday at the airport facilities to demand immediate improvements in their working conditions and denounce the increasing precariousness they suffer. Around 150 workers participated in the event, which took place in Bay 1 of Son Santjoan, and they threaten to strike this August if the company does not meet their demands.