Calvià's lifeguards protested this Sunday with banners on different beaches in the municipality after they were unable to go on strike as they had called for, due to the 100% minimum services imposed by the City Council.

The Calvià Lifeguard Union has called a strike for this Sunday, August 23, to protest the City Council's "disregard" for their demands to improve the service and working conditions. This pressure measure, which the union has considered "drastic," comes after "receiving nothing but mistreatment" when they tried to negotiate an improvement in the conditions of the municipality's lifeguard service.

The two drowning deaths of two three-year-old children in swimming pools in Mallorca in less than a week have reopened the debate on safety measures in houses dedicated to tourist rentals. Beyond the responsibilities that the investigations determine, maritime rescue professionals, such as pool lifeguards, agree that there are actions that could reduce the risk of an oversight ending in tragedy.

The Unión Socorristas Mallorca union reported this Thursday the lack of equipment and deficiencies in the infrastructure of Palma's rescue service, which they attribute to the "neglect and excuses" of the City Council. The protests have been made visible with a rally in Plaça de Cort and an intervention during the municipal plenary session.

Dozens of lifeguards demonstrated simultaneously in Palma and Ibiza to protest against the amendment to Decree 2/2005 regulating their work on beaches. According to the professionals, the proposed amendment establishes a non-preventive lifeguarding model, which contemplates the placement of towers 800 meters from the sidewalk. They also criticize the fact that it leads to increasingly shorter seasons, designed for tourists rather than residents.