Overview
- The 24-hour strike is scheduled for Wednesday, June 17 and will see staff who assist passengers with reduced mobility stop work for a full day.
- Union reports say 96% of the 151 workers who voted backed the action after rejecting a new offer from contractor Adelte.
- Workers say the dispute centres on being placed on 24/7 on-call rotation, being made to work more hours than contracted, and proposed terms that would weaken conditions.
- Industry figures and traveller accounts describe the EU Entry and Exit System rollout as lengthening passport checks and causing e-gate failures and long queues, which could magnify the strike’s effect on boarding and transfers.
- Palma handles millions of holiday passengers and many UK routes, so the strike could delay boarding for vulnerable travellers, increase missed connections, and strain local hotels and airlines during the summer season.