The Union of Air Traffic Controllers (USCA) has confirmed this Monday that the controllers of the airports of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will not support the strike that they have been holding since February against the manager of the control towers, Saerco, during the December long weekend.
In this way, the air traffic controllers will not stop between December 6 and 10 in those two island aerodromes, where the effects of this strike are being seen the most in terms of the delays that are occurring, especially in Lanzarote.
This decision is, according to the union in a statement, "a gesture" that seeks to serve "to bring positions closer in the next meeting on December 15 convened by the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA)".
The union has recalled, in any case, that Saerco "made it impossible" to call off the strike after the last meeting at SIMA, held last week, despite the fact that USCA attended it "with the firm intention" of doing so, in reference to the proposal that the company put on the table, promising a salary increase of 0.5% per year until 2027 and 23.44% that would be paid if they managed to retain the tender for the service in 2027.
USCA considers "false" the arguments put forward by Saerco for not offering salary increases, since it argues that it cannot legally raise salaries until the next award, when in some units it even lowered them by up to 30% when it won the tender, the union concluded.
