The strike of Iberia's ground staff at the Guacimeta airport during this Easter will be smaller than initially planned by the union representatives and will have fewer consequences than expected, due to the hiring of more personnel for that service by the airline, according to the spokesman of the Strike Committee, León Fajardo. For that same reason, during the past weekend no force measure was carried out, although it was planned to resume the protest on Saturday or Sunday.
"The company's strategy has made us change our strategy," said Fajardo, who in turn suggested that the strike during Easter would be limited to only one day, given the certainty that the force measure would have a minimal effect on services. "Although there may be delays if we do a strike day, it will be practically impossible for suitcases to be left on the ground," Fajardo lamented.
This is due, according to his version, to the fact that the staff of Iberia's 'handling' at the Lanzarote airport increased in recent days from 120 to 156 people. "Between last Wednesday and Friday, the company signed 9 temporary contracts, 20 for interim positions and 18 contracts for employees who were temporary and have been made permanent," detailed the spokesman of the Strike Committee, while announcing that as a union representative he will denounce those contracts for their alleged irregularity, since "they were signed during the strike call".
This increase in personnel by the company, added to the mandatory minimum services that must be provided even during the strike and the fact that there are workers who do not support this force measure, suggests that Guacimeta will function practically with absolute normality during this Easter, in which about 1,500 operations are scheduled at the Lanzarote airport.
