Airport workers threaten a "total collapse" at Son Sant Joan
They demand that the Government and Aena contact them to discuss their conditions.
Workers at companies subcontracted by Aena to provide logistics and operational services to aircraft, airlines, and passengers at Son Sant Joan Airport threatened this Friday to cause a "total collapse" in August due to the "precariousness of the sector" and the conditions in which they are forced to work. Balearic Islands Minister José Negreira warned that "if the government and Aena do not contact the workers within a week," he announced that they will bring out a hundred cars they have already prepared and begin circling the roundabout with the goal of ensuring that "no one gets through." handling They protested at the airport over the contracts with companies paid by Aena. "They give them 10-hour contracts, and as the season progresses, they increase them and they add a lot of overtime," explained José García, secretary of the Federation of Services, Mobility and Transport of the UGT (General Workers' Union), . "They treat the permanent, discontinuous workers as if they were temporary staff," the workers denounced. "We want them to hire staff and provide us with 100% of the minimum services," Negreira insisted.
García also denounced that these types of contracts "go against stable, quality jobs." He also lamented that "workers find out overnight how many days off they have," and added that, due to the increase in hours during the summer, "they can't even balance work and family life."
García also referred to the "very low wages" they receive, stressing that "they don't even make ends meet." For all these reasons, they are demanding that Aena "monitor and control" whether the companies it hires comply with the labor agreements and also that a tripartite committee be set up with the government and the company that manages Son Sant Joan.
The workers have asserted that these agreements "are not being complied with" and have explained that they have repeatedly appealed to the Labor Inspectorate, which "has ruled in favor of the companies and done nothing," they emphasize.
Negreira stated that the UGT "is hopeful" that the government and Aena will listen to the workers and "that the problem can be solved." She also insisted that they do not want to "harm passengers" and added that they would also not like "airlines to take advantage of the strike to cancel protected flights."
