By Cathy Elelman • Published: 13 Apr 2019 • 13:09
AIR travellers at Madrid’s Barajas airport have been facing lengthy queues today (Saturday) as private security workers stage a second day of indefinite strike action.
The ATES union representing the workers reported delays of around an hour for passengers passing through security checks first thing this morning and from 10am to 12.30pm, and predict extra long queues this evening between 7.15 and 8.30pm.
The union recommended passengers get to the airport plenty of time before their flight. It said terminal four was the most affected
According to ATES, 10 per cent of the workforce is taking part in the strike over contract conditions today; minimum services for “critical infrastructure” like airports is set at 90 per cent.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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